Asked
What assessment he has made of the impact of levels of Local Housing Allowance on a) poverty b) homelessness among Universal Credit claimants in Leicester South.
Reply
Awaiting answer.
The Westminster lensArchive · Written questions · 215 tabled · 192 answered
Written questions by Adam.
Every parliamentary written question tabled by Shockat Adam this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
Department:All (215)Department of Health and Social Care (75)Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (33)Department for Education (18)Home Office (16)Department for Transport (16)Ministry of Defence (12)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (10)Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (7)Treasury (6)Ministry of Justice (6)Department for Work and Pensions (5)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (4)
Showing 1–5 of 5 · Department for Work and Pensions
Asked
What steps she is taking to ensure the accuracy of the (a) systems and (b) IT used by the Child Maintenance Service.
Reply
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...
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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.
Reply
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...
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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
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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...
Asked
If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing multi-year funding employability programmes funded by her Department.
Reply
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...
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