Question follow-through · 25861
Government Departments: Families
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2024 to Question 4705 on Government Departments: Families, if she will place a copy of that guidance in the House of Commons Library.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 22 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 27 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
22 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2024 to Question 4705 on Government Departments: Families, if she will place a copy of that guidance in the House of Commons Library.
24 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Family Test Guidance was published in the House of Commons Library on 01 April 2019 and is also available on gov.uk, and can be accessed at the links below: House of Commons Library:https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-7714/ Gov...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Children: Maintenance
11 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of Child Maintenance Service enforcement procedures on (a) the mental health of and (b) suicide rates for non-resident (i) parents and (ii) parents
Children: Maintenance
11 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Child Maintenance Service is taking to ensure that calculations reflect (a) shared parenting arrangements and (b) shared parenting arrangements in which a non-resident parent cares for th
Children: Maintenance
11 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of Child Maintenance Service payments on the (a) mental health and (b) financial stability of (i) all non-resident parents and (ii) non-resident pa
Children: Maintenance
11 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what safeguards are in place to prevent misuse of the Child Maintenance Service by resident parents making unfounded or exaggerated claims in order to maximise payments from the non-resident parent.
Children: Maintenance
11 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data the Government holds on gender disparities in Child Maintenance Service cases; and what steps she is taking to ensure that the system treats both mothers and fathers equally and without bias.
Children: Maintenance
11 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average response time is for CMS dispute appeals where a non-resident parent challenges the assessment on the basis of (a) false information and (b) undeclared shared care.
Children: Maintenance
11 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the use of mediation and conflict resolution in CMS cases where parents are disputing care arrangements or financial responsibility.
Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
11 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential (a) mental health and (b) financial impact of losing entitlement to Personal Independence Payment due to the 20-metre walking rule on claim
Personal Independence Payment
11 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) eligibility criteria on (a) disabled people and (b) people with (i) autism spec
Department for Work and Pensions: Public Appointments
8 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) name, (b) job title, (c) annual remuneration, (d) time commitment and (e) expected end date is for each direct ministerial appointment in his Department.
Office for Nuclear Regulation: Contracts
2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the answer of 23 April 2026, to Question 122500, on Office for Nuclear Regulation: Contracts, whether the external spending on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion support was subject to
State Retirement Pensions: Uprating
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the annual cost from April 2028 of extending Triple Lock uprating to the additional State Pension and Graduated Retirement Benefit of persons who (a) reached State Pension a