Written question asked by Lord Field of Birkenhead (Labour) on Monday, 19 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 January 2006. It was answered by James Plaskitt (Labour) on Monday, 27 February 2006 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Child Support Agency
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average time was between the Child Support Agency notifying the Job Centreplus to deduct the five pound flat rate in maintenance from a non-resident parent's benefit and the maintenance deduction being made in the last period for which figures are available.
- Answer
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I will let the hon. Member have such information as is available as soon as possible. Substantive answer from James Plaskitt to Frank Field:"The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the chief executive, Mr. Stephen Geraghty. He will write to the right hon. Member with the requested information." Letter from Stephen Geraghty:"You asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average time was between the Child Support Agency notifying the Job Centre Plus to deduct the five pound flat rate in maintenance from a non-resident parent's benefit and the maintenance deduction being made in the last period for which figures are available.""Information regarding the time between the Agency requesting Jobcentre Plus to set up deductions from a non-resident parent's benefit and maintenance being deducted is not available.""We are, however, able to provide indicative information using the difference between the date on which Jobcentre Plus notified the Agency that a collection schedule had been set up, and the date on which maintenance was received by the Agency. This is available for cases where:""payment had both been received from Jobcentre Plus and made to the parent with care;""the case's original collection schedule was a deduction from benefit and was still in place at the time of first payment, i.e. excluding cases were there was a subsequent change of circumstance.""December 2005 figures show that for all new-scheme cases received since the inception of the scheme, the average time between Jobcentre Plus notifying the Agency that a collection schedule had been set up and payment being received by the Agency was 28 days.""I hope you find this useful."
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 39537; 443 c237-8W;443 c237-8W
- Session
- 2005-06
- Related items
- Subjects
- Children Administrative delays Child Support Agency Maintenance Social security benefits
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