Tag: Karen Buck

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Karen Buck on 2016-02-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will rank each secondary school in each London borough by the proportion of children who are eligible for the purpose of determining the pupil premium; and what type each such school is.

Mr Sam Gyimah

Information on the number of pupils eligible for the pupil premium is available in the final school level pupil premium allocations, which are published on the department’s website.[1] These figures can be used with the total number of pupils in each school (information which can also be found in the same publication) to calculate the proportion eligible for the pupil premium.

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-2015-to-2016-allocations – please click on ‘Pupil premium final allocations 2015 to 2016 by school in England’

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Karen Buck on 2016-03-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) gives the same priority for collection to arrears owed to parent with care who transfers from the Child Support Agency to the CMS by a paying parent as new arrears which accumulate under the 2012 scheme.

Priti Patel

The Child Maintenance Service is committed to ensuring parents fulfil their obligation to make financial provision for their children. The approach to the collection of arrears was set out in the DWP Child Maintenance Arrears and Compliance Strategy, Preparing for the future, tackling the past published on 31 January 2013.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Karen Buck on 2015-11-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of the terms of reference of the Council Tax Partnership Forum.

Mr Marcus Jones

I have arranged for the Terms of Reference of the Council Tax Partnership Forum to be placed in the Library of the House.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Karen Buck on 2016-02-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will rank primary schools in each London borough by the proportion of pupils with non-statutory special needs; and what type each such school is.

Edward Timpson

The proportion and number of children with non-statutory special needs, identified as ‘SEN support’ in each primary and secondary school, including type of school in London can be calculated from the underlying data of the publication Special educational needs in England: January 2015. This publication can be found on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2015

We have no plans to rank this data.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Karen Buck on 2016-03-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases on the Child Maintenance Service system have child maintenance arrears, due to be paid by the non-resident parent, which were incurred under the 1993 or 2003 child maintenance schemes.

Priti Patel

Information on the number of cases with transitioned arrears from the 1993 or 2003 schemes is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Karen Buck on 2015-11-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether, where there is a Direct Pay arrangement for child maintenance between parents but the liabilities required by the Child Maintenance Service have not been fully paid, that Service seeks to collect unpaid amounts retrospectively.

Priti Patel

The Child Maintenance Service has a wide range of effective powers to facilitate the collection of child maintenance.

Where a direct pay arrangement is in place between parents and the Child Maintenance Service is informed and satisfied that payments have been missed, action will be taken to collect these amounts retrospectively at the request of the receiving parent.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Karen Buck on 2016-02-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will rank secondary schools in each London borough by the proportion of pupils with non-statutory special needs; and what type each such school is.

Edward Timpson

The proportion and number of children with non-statutory special needs, identified as ‘SEN support’ in each primary and secondary school, including type of school in London can be calculated from the underlying data of the publication Special educational needs in England: January 2015. This publication can be found on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/special-educational-needs-in-england-january-2015

We have no plans to rank this data.

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Karen Buck on 2016-03-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Maintenance Service (CMS) cases groups paying (a) by direct pay and (b) via the CMS collection service have a payment schedule which contains an amount in respect of Child Support Agency child maintenance arrears in addition to their current liability.

Priti Patel

Information on payment schedules is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Karen Buck on 2015-11-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the value is of outstanding child maintenance arrears owed in respect of cases using the 2012 statutory maintenance scheme where the arrears were (a) accrued under the 2012 scheme and (b) transferred from the 1993 and 2003 statutory schemes.

Priti Patel

a) As at August 2015, outstanding maintenance arrears stood at £35.1 million. More details can be found on page 6 of the Child Maintenance Service 2012 Scheme experimental statistics which can be accessed online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme-aug-2013-to-aug-2015-experimental.

b) Information on the amount of arrears in respect of the 1993 and 2003 Schemes transitioned from the 1993 and 2003 systems to the 2012 system will be published in the 1993 / 2003 Client Fund Accounts due for release shortly after the accounts have been audited by the National Audit Office.

Previous publications can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-maintenance-client-funds-accounts

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Karen Buck on 2016-02-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will rank primary schools in each London borough by the proportion of children who are eligible for the purpose of determining the pupil premium; and what type each such school is.

Mr Sam Gyimah

Information on the number of pupils eligible for the pupil premium is available in the final school level pupil premium allocations, which are published on the department’s website.[1] These figures can be used with the total number of pupils in each school (information which can also be found in the same publication) to calculate the proportion eligible for the pupil premium.

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupil-premium-2015-to-2016-allocations – please click on ‘Pupil premium final allocations 2015 to 2016 by school in England’

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