Saqib Bhatti MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Children: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Child Maintenance Service has made of the potential merits of working with authorities with investigatory powers to help paying parents to find supporting information.
Answer: If a paying parent believes that the Child Maintenance (CM) liability should cease because a qualifying child (QC) no longer meets the statutory definition of a qualifying young person but checks with His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) disagree, the...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Child Maintenance Service has made of the potential impact of GDPR legislation on the ability of paying parents to find proof that their child is still in full-time education.
Answer: If a paying parent believes that the Child Maintenance (CM) liability should cease because a qualifying child (QC) no longer meets the statutory definition of a qualifying young person but checks with His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) disagree, the...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance ServiceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45925More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the Child Maintenance Service deems receipt of Child Benefit to be sufficient evidence that a child is still in full-time education.
Answer: To qualify for maintenance payments, a child must meet the Child Maintenance Service's criteria. They must be under 20 years of age and in full time, non-advanced education, or approved training, and eligible for Child Benefit. They must also be habituall...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45924More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason child maintenance arrears are not offset against the amount owed by a paying parent after they have moved from being a receiving parent.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service is dedicated to ensuring parents meet their obligations to children and will do everything to encourage cooperation between separated parents and encourage parents to meet their responsibilities to provide their children with...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: Meriden and Solihull EastDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Meriden and Solihull East constituency will be impacted by planned changes to winter fuel payments.
Answer: Please note that following boundary changes to Parliamentary Constituencies, data on Meriden and Solihull East constituency is not explicitly available/ published. To obtain the above figure, data on the previous Solihull constituency and previous Meriden...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
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