Shockat Adam MP: written questions

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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Written questions

Employment Schemes: FinanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing multi-year funding employability programmes funded by her Department.
Answer: Employment programmes such as the Restart Scheme and the Work and Health Programme currently use multi-year funding to ensure the Department secures value for money and delivers employment support that is cost effective. The Department is also working wit...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament record
Child Maintenance Service: ComplaintsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4090More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints about the Child Maintenance Service were investigated by the Independent Case Examiner (a) overall, (b) by the receiving parent and (c) by the paying parent in each of the last five
Answer: The Independent Case Examiner’s office investigated 2,142 Child Maintenance Service (CMS) cases over the last 5 complete reporting years, broken down as follows: Reporting YearCMS Investigations2019/201882020/212672021/223962022/235072023/24784 The Indepe...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament record
Children: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the CMS child maintenance calculation adequately reflects the (a) living expenses and (b) income of both parties.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) operates on the principle that both parents have financial responsibility for their child, including their food and clothing, as well as contributing towards the associated costs of running the home that the child lives...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament record
Children: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure the accuracy of the (a) systems and (b) IT used by the Child Maintenance Service.
Answer: Regular updates ensure the Child Maintenance Service's systems comply with policy. Each change follows industry standards, including thorough testing before and after implementation. The core principles for calculating Child Maintenance have remained larg...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament record

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Department or topic	Published records
Department for Business and Trade	1
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	2
Department for Education	14
Department for Work and Pensions	4
Department of Health and Social Care	16
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	5
Home Office	2
Ministry of Defence	7
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	4
Ministry of Justice	4
Treasury	1

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