Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many first contact notice of closure letters have been sent to (a) Segment 1 and (b) Segment 2 CSA cases in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland.
Answered by Steve Webb
The table below shows the total number of segment 1 first contact notice of closure letters that have been sent up to the 21 February 2015. Management information regarding segment 2 letters is not yet available as it is currently under development and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
| Number of Letters sent |
Total | 345,900 |
England | 278,700 |
Scotland | 30,800 |
Wales | 21,000 |
Northern Ireland | 500 |
Other | 14,900 |
Notes:
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's most recent estimate is of the number of Child Support Agency cases within each segment of the planned case closure programme in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland.
Answered by Steve Webb
The most recent estimates of the number of Child Support Agency cases within each segment of the case closure programme are:
| SEGMENT |
| ||||
Segment 1 | Segment 2 | Segment 3 | Segment 4 | Segment 5 | Total | |
England | 137,900 | 48,600 | 21,900 | 317,000 | 106,200 | 631,700 |
Scotland | 15,000 | 4,000 | 2,100 | 31,600 | 10,800 | 63,400 |
Wales | 10,300 | 3,200 | 1,500 | 22,400 | 7,500 | 44,900 |
NI | 300 | 200 | 100 | 800 | 400 | 1,700 |
Other | 400 | 100 | 300 | 500 | 200 | 1,400 |
Total | 164,000 | 56,000 | 25,800 | 372,200 | 125,100 | 743,100 |
Notes:
1. These are indicative estimates based on the case load as at 31 January 2015 and are subject to change due to cases continually moving segments.
2. Northern Ireland cases include cases managed by the CSA in Great Britain where the Parent with Care or Non Resident Parent lives in Northern Ireland. This does not include cases managed by the Northern Ireland Child Maintenance Enforcement Division (CMED).
3. Other includes those that are abroad or where insufficient information is held to enable classification.
4. Volumes shown in the table above represent all live cases that were eligible for case closure and had not been closed as at 31 January 2015.
5. Figures rounded to the nearest 100 and may not sum due to rounding.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2015 to Question 224963, on which dates he or his Ministerial colleagues have met a former Remploy employee since May 2010; and when any further such meetings are planned.
Answered by Esther McVey
As the Department with responsibility for Remploy, DWP Ministers have met with former Remploy employees. It is not possible to provide a breakdown of such meetings. No further meetings with former Remploy employees are planned at present.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding has been provided to the Rapid Response Service in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and what the staffing level of that service was in each of those areas in those years.
Answered by Esther McVey
The overall funding for Rapid Response by DWP in the UK was:
· 2010-11 £7.100m
· 2011-12 £3.000m
· 2012-13 £4.037m
· 2013-14 £4.000m
This spend is captured at a National level and is unable to be split into Scotland and Wales data without a disproportionate cost to disaggregate. Northern Ireland is not within the jurisdiction of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Rapid response activities are part one of an advisor’s job so it is not possible to identify specific staff time utilised on Rapid Response.
Budget data can only be provided for the 4 years from 2010/ 11 to 2013/14 as historic changes in the accounting systems mean that 2009/10 information is not available.
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on which dates a Minister in his Department last met a former Remploy employee; and when the next such meetings are planned.
Answered by Esther McVey
As the Department with responsibility for Remploy, DWP Ministers have met with former Remploy employees
Asked by: Pamela Nash (Labour - Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2015 to Question 222298, how much was paid to overseas recipients of (a) pension credit, (b) winter fuel allowance and (c) the Christmas bonus in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Answered by Steve Webb
Pension Credit is for people who are present and habitually resident in Great Britain. However, Pension Credit may be payable for periods of temporary absence from Great Britain not exceeding 13 weeks, or for the duration of medical treatment received abroad under the National Health Service.
Overseas expenditure for Pension Credit and Winter Fuel Allowance is available and is published at:
Overseas expenditure for Christmas Bonus is shown in the table below.
Christmas Bonus Overseas expenditure £m | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 |
Nominal Terms | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Real Terms 2014/15 Prices | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Source: DWP statistical and accounting data