- 81% RelevanceSupport Grows As Strike Enters Second Day
- Jobcentres, benefits offices, the Pension Service and Child Support Agency (CSA) continued to be disrupted last week, as support grew on the second day of a two day strike by staff working for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over the imposition of a below inflation pay offer.
- 81% RelevanceUp To 80,000 Work And Pensions Staff Strike Over Pay
- Jobcentres, benefits offices, the Pension Service and Child Support Agency (CSA) was hit last week (6 Dec) as up to 80,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), working for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) begin a two day strike in a dispute over the imposition of a below inflation pay offer.
- 81% RelevanceWork And Pensions Staff Pile On Pressure In Two Day Strike Over Pay
- PCS yesterday announced a two day strike by members working for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in Jobcentres, the Pension service and Child Support Agency (CSA) as the department walked away from last minute talks in a dispute over the threatened imposition of a below inflation pay offer.
- 81% RelevanceWork And Pensions Staff Vote For Strike Action Over Below Inflation Pay
- Members of PCS working for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in Jobcentres, the Pension service and Child Support Agency (CSA) have voted strongly for strike action in a dispute over the threatened imposition of a below inflation pay offer, which would see approximately 40% of staff receive 0% pay increase next year.
- 81% RelevancePARLIAMENTARY OMBUDSMAN'S ANNUAL REPORT
Please note: This is a re-issue of this press notice with the correct
Deparmental Title
- 80% RelevancePUBLIC REGISTER OF JUDGMENTS, ORDERS AND FINES
From today those who fail to pay fines handed down by magistrates'
courts or sums of money ordered in High Court judgments will find
their names recorded in a public register.
- 80% RelevanceCHILD SUPPORT AGENCY PRAISED FOR IMPROVED SERVICE
Work and Pensions Minister Patricia Hollis today welcomed the
publication of the Independent Case Examiner's (ICE) annual report
(2002/03) on the Child Support Agency.
- 79% RelevanceDWP pledges equality for disabled people
By 4 December, all public sector bodies have to set out how they plan
to promote equality for disabled people when the Disability Equality
Duty comes into force.
- 79% RelevanceNEW GATEWAY TO HELP PARENTS RESOLVE CHILD SUPPORT CASES
A new gateway will be piloted to help resolve potential Child Support
Agency cases, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions David Blunkett
announced today.
- 79% RelevanceIMPROVEMENTS TO ENFORCEMENT AT CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY
Work and Pensions Minister Lord Hunt today acknowledged the amount of
work the Child Support Agency needs to do to gain the trust of its
clients.
- 79% RelevanceAPPOINTMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Today the Department for Work and Pensions announces the appointment
of Stephen Geraghty as Chief Executive of the Child Support Agency.
He was formerly Managing Director of Direct Line Group and will take
up his post on 4 April 2005. He succeeds Doug Smith, the current
Chief Executive of the Child Support Agency, who is retiring from the
Civil Service.
- 79% RelevanceIMPROVEMENTS TO CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ENFORCEMENT
Work and Pensions Minister Patricia Hollis today welcomed the
publication of the Independent Case Examiner's annual report 2003/04
on the Child Support Agency. Patricia Hollis said:
- 79% RelevanceTOP CIVIL SERVANT VISITS NEWCASTLE'S FRONTLINE STAFF
The Head of the Civil Service, Sir Andrew Turnbull, will visit
frontline staff in Newcastle on Friday 25 June 2004.
- 79% RelevanceEXPERIENCES OF LONE PARENTS FROM MINORITY ETHNIC COMMUNITIES
PUBLICATION OF DWP RESEARCH REPORT:
- 79% RelevanceINDEPENDENT CASE EXAMINER APPOINTED FOR THE CSA
Jodi Berg has been appointed as the Child Support Agency's
Independent Case Examiner.
- 79% Relevance
CHARITY COMMISSION RE-APPOINTS INDEPENDENT COMPLAINTS REVIEWER JODI
BERG
The Charity Commission, which is responsible for the statutory regulation of charities in England and Wales, has now completed an open procurement process to select an Independent Complaints Reviewer (ICR), and is pleased to announce that Jodi Berg has been appointed to this key post from 1 January 2002.
- 78% RelevanceFour in five parents now paying for their children
- Figures released recently show the vast majority of parents who use the Child Support Agency (CSA) are now paying for their children.
- 78% RelevanceNEW CHILD SUPPORT SCHEME COMMENCEMENT DATE ANNOUNCED
The new Child Support scheme will be introduced from 3 March 2003,
Work and Pensions Secretary Andrew Smith announced today.
- 78% RelevanceAPPOINTMENTS TO THE COUNCIL OF TRIBUNALS
The Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine, and the Scottish Ministers have
appointed the following to be members of the Council on Tribunals:
- 78% Relevance SOCIAL SECURITY STATISTICS 2000
The 2000 edition of Social Security Statistics, published today, shows the numbers of people receiving a wide range of benefits.
- 77% RelevanceChild Maintenance Service reaches next stage
- The new Child Maintenance Service (CMS) has opened yesterday (29 July 2013) to new applicants with 2 or more children, the government has announced.
- 77% RelevanceGovernment publishes consultation response on the future of child maintenance
- Yesterday the Government responded to the consultation on the future of child maintenance and is setting out radical changes to the system to make separated parents take full responsibility for their children’s ongoing financial support.
- 77% RelevanceMore children than ever benefiting from child maintenance
- Almost 794,000 children are benefiting as the Child Support Agency collected or arranged £1,136 million in child maintenance across Great Britain over the past twelve months.
- 77% RelevanceStrong Support On First Day Of Work And Pensions Strike
- The first day of a two day strike in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) received strong support today as PCS members walked out for the second time over the imposition of a three year pay offer, which sees 40% of staff receiving 0% this year and the lowest paid increases which take their wage to only 24 pence above the minimum wage.
- 77% RelevanceMoD IT System An 'Unmitigated Disaster'
- One of the government's biggest IT contracts - a £5bn deal for new IT at defence locations across the world including Iraq and Afghanistan - has run into delays and major problems at the first large site to have the technology installed.
- 77% RelevanceWork And Pensions Staff In Strike Vote Over Below Inflation Pay
- Ballot papers for strike action in the Department for Work and Pensions began being sent out last week (Friday 9th November), to over 80,000 PCS members in a dispute over the threatened imposition of a below inflation pay offer which would see approximately 40% of staff receive 0% pay increase next year.
- 77% RelevanceChild Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics
Introduction
- 77% RelevanceHM Revenue & Customs announce office changes for Bede House, Gateshead
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced today that in its drive to
deliver a more effective service to local businesses and individuals,
eliminate duplication and improve efficiency, it is closing its
office at Bede House Gateshead.
- 77% RelevanceBARBARA MOORHOUSE APPOINTED NEW DCA DIRECTOR GENERAL OF FINANCE
Barbara Moorhouse has been appointed as the new Director General of
Finance for the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA).
- 77% RelevanceCUSTOMS BUSINESS ADVICE OPEN DAY A SUCCESS IN CROYDON
Customs and Excise Business Advice Open Day held at Addington Palace,
Croydon on Tuesday has been pronounced a huge success, with over 815
people attending.
- 77% RelevanceANNUAL REPORT - 2001-02
In his Annual Report for 2001-02 published today, the Parliamentary
Ombudsman, Sir Michael Buckley, who is retiring later this year, said
that he had received 2139 complaints about maladministration by
government departments and other public bodies. This was an increase
of 24% over last year and the highest intake ever. A total of 1988
cases were concluded during the year: of these, 781 complaints were
resolved informally and 195 statutory investigations were completed.
The Ombudsman als ...
- 77% Relevance
LAND REGISTRY APPOINTS FIRST NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The Land Registry has announced the appointment of Jan Smith, formerly of the RAC, First Direct and Mazda Cars (UK) Ltd and now running her own consultancy company, as its first non-executive Board Director.
- 76% RelevanceNew Child Maintenance Service opens to all new applicants
- The new Child Maintenance Service for separated parents to support their children has opened to all new applicants.
- 76% RelevanceRecord maintenance payments and more children benefiting as Child Support Agency progress continues. [Amended Copy, Notes to Editors Added]
The performance of the Child Support Agency (CSA) has continued its
steady improvement with the latest figures setting new records both
for total maintenance payments and the number of children benefiting
from them.
- 76% RelevanceCivil servants in public sector pay lobby and rally
- A day before the budget, members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) from across the civil service will be in Westminster today (Tues 11 March) for a lobby of Parliament to call on the Chancellor to review the government’s 2% pay cap on civil and public service pay.
- 76% RelevanceHutton: Child maintenance reforms to get more money to more children
Today's publication of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments
Bill marks the next stage of the Government's fundamental reform
of the system of child maintenance.
- 76% RelevanceChild Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics
Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated)
- 76% RelevanceLaunch of the Independent Case Examiner's annual report on their 10th Anniversary
The Independent Case Examiner's (ICE) annual report 2006/2007
gives details of the achievements of the ICE Office during the last 10
years, including being awarded Charter Mark twice and receiving high
levels of customer satisfaction.
- 76% RelevancePARLIAMENTARY AND HEALTH SERVICE OMBUDSMAN'S ANNUAL REPORT
Complaints about public services matter says Ombudsman
- 76% RelevanceCHILD SUPPORT AGENCY CLIENT FUNDS ACCOUNT 2002-2003
Head of the National Audit Office Sir John Bourn has qualified his opinion on the Child Support Agency's account for the ninth year running because of historical high levels of error in maintenance assessments.
- 76% RelevanceCHILD SUPPORT AGENCY PRAISED FOR POSITIVE SIGNS OF PROGRESS
Improvements to the Child Support Agency's customer service,
diligence and commitment were commended in an independent report
today.
- 75% RelevanceA fairer child maintenance system for a country where paying for your children is 'now the norm'
- New official statistics on the proportion of separated parents who are paying for their children through the Child Support Agency.
- 75% RelevanceChild maintenance payments made by benefit claimants to double
- Minister pledges more help for hard-pressed single parent families and a fairer deal for parents who share care.
- 75% RelevanceFeckless fathers should be forced to provide for their children
- Fathers who no longer live with their partners and are on benefits should be made to work if they refuse to take financial responsibility for their children.
- 75% RelevancePutting families at the heart of government
- The Government is inviting views on plans to bring the child maintenance system back into the heart of government, in order to improve accountability and assist in the process of reform.
- 75% RelevanceRecord quarterly number of children benefiting from CSA maintenance
More children are benefiting from child maintenance, with more
parents paying this quarter than in any previous quarter.
- 75% RelevanceDWP publishes response to consultation on Child Maintenance White Paper
The Department for Work and Pensions has today published its response
to the consultation on the Child Maintenance White Paper, 'A New
System of Child Maintenance', which was published last year.
- 75% RelevanceNew appointments to HMCS board
Four new non-executive members take up their positions on the HMCS
Board today. Each non-executive board member has been appointed for
three years.
- 75% RelevanceINLAND REVENUE
After nearly seven years in post, Sir Nicholas Montagu will retire as
Chairman of Inland Revenue on 19 March 2004.
- 75% RelevanceOMBUDSMAN REPORTS ON HER INVESTIGATIONS
The Parliamentary Ombudsman, Ann Abraham, today published her Annual
Report for 2002-03. The Ombudsman, whose remit is to investigate
complaints against government departments and other public bodies,
said that her Office had dealt with 2,235 complaints, compared with
1,988 in the previous year.
- 75% RelevanceLATEST CIVIL SERVICE NUMBERS PUBLISHED
Civil Service Staff numbers for October 2002 were published today. At
1 October 2002, the number of permanent Civil Servants was 499,630
(full-time equivalents). This was an increase of 9,390 or 1.9 per
cent on six months earlier. There was, however, a decrease of 940 in
the number of casual staff between April 2002 and October 2002.
- 75% Relevance
LATEST CIVIL SERVICE NUMBERS PUBLISHED
Civil Service Staff numbers for October 2000 were published today. At 1 October 2000, the number of permanent Civil Servants was 478,500 (full-time equivalents). This was an increase of 3,100 or 0.7 per cent on six months earlier. There was also an increase of 1,900 in the number of casual staff between April 2000 and October 2000.
- 75% Relevance
LATEST CIVIL SERVICE NUMBERS PUBLISHED
Civil Service Staff numbers for October 2000 were published today. At 1 October 2000, the number of permanent Civil Servants was 478,500 (full-time equivalents). This was an increase of 3,100 or 0.7 per cent on six months earlier. There was also an increase of 1,900 in the number of casual staff between April 2000 and October 2000.
- 75% Relevance CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY - QUARTERLY SUMMARY OF STATISTICS (QSS) NOVEMBER
2000
The Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics for November 2000 is published today.
- 74% RelevanceComplaining about government services too difficult for too many, warns Parliamentary Ombudsman
- A new report reveals how people are struggling to get government departments and public organisations to put right basic mistakes, causing distress, inconvenience and, in some cases, financial hardship.
- 74% RelevanceBringing child maintenance under direct Ministerial control
- Following a public consultation last year, an order has been laid in Parliament yesterday to bring the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC) back under direct Ministerial control as a business unit of the Department for Work and Pensions.
- 74% RelevanceChild Maintenance and Enforcement Commission selects new IT system for future maintenance scheme
The new state child maintenance scheme that will replace the two
schemes currently provided by the Child Support Agency has taken an
important step forward.
- 74% RelevanceLand Registry And NHS Pensions Staff In Strike Over Pay
- Over 150 PCS members working for the NHS Pensions Division based in Fleetwood will be taking part in a one day strike today (2 April) in a dispute over a below inflation pay offer which sees some of the longest serving staff receiving 0%.
- 74% RelevanceChild Support Agency - quarterly summary of statistics
National Statistics First Release
- 74% RelevancePARLIAMENTARY OMBUDSMAN'S ANNUAL REPORT
In her latest Annual Report to Parliament, Ann Abraham, the
Parliamentary Ombudsman, highlights the difficulties caused by the
badly managed introduction of large-scale changes to service
delivery. The operation of the Child Support Agency and the new tax
credits system are cited as two particular examples where things have
gone wrong.
- 74% RelevanceLATEST CIVIL SERVICE NUMBERS PUBLISHED
Civil Service Staff numbers for April 2002 were published today.
At 1 April 2002, the number of permanent Civil Servants was 490,220
(full-time equivalents). This was an increase of 10,220 or 2.1 per
cent on six months earlier. There was, however, a decrease of 930 in
the number of casual staff between October 2001 and April 2002.
- 74% Relevance17 NEW ORGANISATIONS TO BE BROUGHT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE WELSH LANGUAGE ACT
A further 17 organisations were today added to the list of bodies that the Welsh Language Board can call upon to prepare a Welsh Language Scheme. This is the main subordinate legislation for the Welsh Language which the Assembly has the power to make and is the second such legislation since devolution.
- 74% RelevanceATTITUDES TOWARD CHILD SUPPORT AND THE CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY
Research is to be published today by the Department for Work and
Pensions as part of the programme of research designed to monitor and
evaluate the reforms to the Child Support scheme. The report presents
a picture of the views of the general public and Child Support Agency
clients to child support issues prior to the reforms. This will form
part of the 'baseline' used to monitor the impact of the Child
Support Reforms, and will be compared with findings from later
studies to analyse the ...
- 74% Relevance NO HIDING PLACE FOR BENEFIT FRAUDSTERS - WICKS
'Cracking down on benefit fraud means training fraud investigators to the highest professional standards' said Malcolm Wick, Department for Work & Pensions Minister during his visit to the Professionalism in Security (PINS) training scheme at Kensington House, Suffolk Queensway, Birmingham today.
- 74% Relevance NEW INDEPENDENT CASE EXAMINER FOR THE CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY
Jodi Berg has been appointed as the Child Support Agency's new Independent Case Examiner.
- 74% Relevance CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY - QUARTERLY SUMMARY OF STATISTICS (QSS)
FEBRUARY 2001
The Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics for February 2001 is published today.
- 73% RelevanceMinister acclaims more separated parents than ever paying towards their children
- The progress being made in separated parents accepting financial responsibility for their children.
- 73% RelevanceChild Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: cost reduction
- Plans by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission to reduce its spending are high risk, according to the National Audit Office.
- 73% RelevanceMiller: child maintenance reforms will put children first
- A radical reform of child maintenance which places family responsibility and the welfare of children at its heart is published for consultation by Work and Pensions Minister Maria Miller today.
- 73% RelevanceChild maintenance arrears: statement from the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission
The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission has issued the
following statement in response to the press release from Gingerbread
entitled "League table of shame reveals sky-high local child
maintenance debts" issued on Wednesday 14th July 2010.
- 73% RelevanceChildren missing out on maintenance as separated parents don’t know where to turn
Now a free and impartial service offers information and support for
both parents.
- 73% RelevanceChild Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics- Amended copy
AMENDED COPY
- 73% RelevanceHUTTON SIGNALS MAJOR OVERHAUL OF CHILD SUPPORT
John Hutton today signalled a radical redesign of child support in
the UK as well as a package of measures that will get tough on
parents who shirk their responsibilities.
- 73% RelevanceNORTH EAST BUSINESSES SIGN UP FOR CUSTOMS ADVICE OPEN DAY
Hundreds of businesses from across North East Scotland will attend
the Customs Business Advice Open Day tomorrow (Tuesday March 25) at
the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre.
- 73% RelevanceLOTHIAN & FIFE BUSINESSES SIGN UP FOR CUSTOMS ADVICE OPEN DAY
Hundreds of businesses from Edinburgh, the Lothians and South Fife
will attend the Customs Business Advice Open Day being held tomorrow
(Thursday March 27) at Murrayfield Stadium.
- 73% RelevanceCSA QUARTERLY SUMMARY OF STATISTICS (QSS) - NOV 2002
Coverage: Great Britain
Theme: Social and Welfare
- 73% RelevanceCHILD SUPPORT AGENCY QUARTERLY SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
Coverage: Great Britain
Theme: Social and Welfare
- 73% RelevanceCHILD SUPPORT AGENCY QUARTERLY SUMMARY OF STATISTICS - (QSS)
28 February 2002 ASD2802-CSAQSTAT
- 73% RelevanceChild Support Sgency quarterly summary of statistics
Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated)
- 72% RelevanceEnforcement effort helps keep child maintenance flowing
Statistics from the Child Support Agency (CSA) show the overall
performance gains achieved since 2006 continue to be sustained. More
than £1,146m in maintenance was collected or arranged in 2010, up from
£1,135m in the previous year. Total uncollected arrears, accumulated
over the entire 17-year lifetime of the Agency, remained stable at
around £3,787m.
- 72% RelevanceChild maintenance collections still increasing under new rules as CSA further improves its service to parents
The first quarterly performance statistics since last October's
child maintenance rule changes show the Child Support Agency (CSA) is
continuing to deliver more money to parents with care.
- 72% RelevanceRecord numbers of children across Great Britain benefit from child maintenance
More children than ever before are benefiting from child maintenance
as the Child Support Agency collected or arranged over £1.05 billion
nationally in a 12 month period.
- 72% RelevanceAlmost 750,000 children benefit with a record £1billion in child maintenance collected or arranged
National Statistics figures released today show almost 750,000
children across the UK are benefiting from child maintenance payments,
as the Child Support Agency collected or arranged a record £1billion
nationally in a 12 month period. This compares to £6.5 billion of
maintenance collected or arranged in the previous 14 years of the
Agency's operation.
- 72% RelevanceOmbudsman tests the Government and the NHS against her six principles of good administration
In her 40th anniversary Annual Report Putting Principles into
Practice published today, the Parliamentary and Health Service
Ombudsman, Ann Abraham, calls for public bodies to put the customer at
the centre of public services, using her six Principles of Good
Administration 1 as a guide.
- 72% RelevanceHelping North Wales businesses become wealthy and wise
A wealth of free guidance and practical help will be on offer to
small and medium sized businesses at an event to be held at
Llangollen next month.
- 72% RelevanceFURTHER MODERNISATION OF DWP ANNOUNCED
The next steps in the modernisation of the Department for Work and
Pensions were announced today as part of the DWP's four year
programme to reduce its workforce by 30,000 posts.
- 72% RelevanceLORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT LAUNCHES NATIONAL STANDARDS
Baroness Scotland of Ashtal QC, Minister for the Lord Chancellor's
Department, today launched the National Standards for Enforcement
Agents. The National Standards identifies duties and responsibilities
which creditors and their enforcement agents share. It has been
warmly welcomed by the enforcement profession.
- 72% Relevance CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY QUARTERLY SUMMARY OF STATISTICS -
(QSS) August 2001
Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare
- 72% Relevance
CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY QUARTERLY SUMMARY OF STATISTICS - (QSS) May 2001
Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare
- 72% Relevance ATTENTION ALL NEWS DESK AND SYSTEMS EDITORS
OPERATIONAL NOTE: - RECENT CHANGES - PLEASE PASS ON TO YOUR SYSTEMS EDITORS/OPERATIONS/IT MANAGERS
- 72% RelevanceHEALTHCARE WATCHDOG ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF THREE NEW COMMISSIONERS
The Healthcare Commission today welcomes Professor Deirdre Kelly, Ms Clare Dodgson, and Mr Clifford Prior who have been selected by the Appointments Commission as commissioners.
- 71% RelevanceMinister unveils Innovation Fund to pioneer new support services for separating parents
- The Government is taking radical steps to promote collaborative parenting in separated families.
- 71% RelevanceGovernment’s pledge on child maintenance arrears as new figures show thousands of CSA parents owe 5-figure sums
- The Minister in charge of the child maintenance system has promised intensive action against irresponsible parents who have failed to support their children after separation.
- 71% RelevanceParliamentary Ombudsman criticises government agencies for data sharing blame game
- In a new report published last week, Parliamentary Ombudsman Ann Abraham criticises three government agencies for collectively failing to put things right when a data sharing mistake led to a woman’s personal and financial information being wrongfully disclosed to her former partner and her child support payments being reduced without her knowledge.
- 71% RelevanceChild Support Agency figures for London
The Child Support Agency (CSA) has collected or arranged more than
£92.5m in child maintenance in London over the past twelve months
(April 2008 - March 2009) benefiting 65,000 children.
- 71% RelevanceScottish children benefit from record £1billion in child maintenance collected or arranged
A total of 62,400 children in Scotland are now benefiting from child
maintenance payments, as the Child Support Agency collected or
arranged a record £1billion nationally in a 12 month period.
- 71% RelevanceCoastguards In Second Strike Over Pay
- The government and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) are putting lives at risk by their continued refusal to negotiate meaningfully in a dispute over pay the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) warned today (11 April).
- 71% RelevancePARLIAMENT PREPARES GROUND FOR NEW ERA OF DEVOLUTION IN WALES - PETER HAIN
The Secretary of State for Wales, Peter Hain, yesterday (Wednesday, 15 November) hailed the Queen's Speech as the beginning of a new chapter of devolution following the passage of the Government of Wales Act 2006.
- 71% RelevancePRELIMINARY RELEASE OF MAY 2005 BENEFIT STATISTICS-REVISED
REVISED COPY -
Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated)
Theme: Social and Welfare
- 71% RelevanceIMPROVING SERVICE QUALITY: ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THE INHERITED SERPS PROBLEM
The Department for Work and Pensions has taken reasonable and appropriate action to deal with the Inherited SERPS problem and has made considerable progress in improving its organisation and systems for dealing with the public, according to a report presented to Parliament today by Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office. The provision of accurate information to the public remains a key business risk for the Department that needs close monitoring and management.
- 71% RelevanceCHILD SUPPORT AGENCY QUARTERLY SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
Coverage: Great Britain
Theme: Social and Welfare
- 71% RelevanceDARLING ANNOUNCES RADICAL NEW JOBS TARGET
New-look Jobcentres will have to focus their efforts on helping
people into work from priority groups, such as lone parents, disabled
people and those in the most disadvantaged areas.
- 71% Relevance
PUBLICATION OF DWP RESEARCH REPORT NO. 152 NATIONAL SURVEY OF CHILD
SUPPORT AGENCY CLIENTS
A new report, published today by the Department for Work and Pensions is the first from a programme of research designed to monitor and evaluate the reforms enacted in the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000.
- 71% Relevance
HEALTH MINISTER WELCOMES DROP IN TEENAGE CONCEPTION RATES AND
ANNOUNCES FURTHER STEPS TO REDUCE TEENAGE PREGNANCIES
Figures published today by the Office of National Statistics show a fall in teenage conception rates in 1999. The statistics show:
- 71% RelevanceDWP introduces new Independent Case Examiner
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has today announced the
appointment of an Independent Case Examiner to consider complaints
from customers who are dissatisfied with the way in which their
complaints have been handled by the Department.
- 70% RelevanceFather with massive child maintenance debt prevented from selling house to dodge CSA
The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission has begun using
tough new powers to halt or reverse the sale and transfer of assets by
parents attempting to dodge financial responsibility for their children.
- 70% RelevanceCSA delivers best ever performance figures
The Child Support Agency (CSA) delivered another record performance
in the third quarter of 2008. More children than ever before benefited
from maintenance as the Agency collected or arranged payments
totalling almost £1.1 billion in the year to the end of September.
- 70% RelevanceChild Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics
Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated)
- 70% RelevanceHM Revenue & Customs hope to score a winner with business advice at St James Park
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is hosting a Business Advice Open Day at
the home of Newcastle United FC, St James Park to give North East
entrepreneurs a unique opportunity to successfully kick off their
business.
- 70% RelevanceChild Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics
Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated)
- 70% RelevanceMore streamlined and tougher child support system to replace CSA
Following the recommendations of an independent report on child
support in the UK by Sir David Henshaw, Work and Pensions Secretary
John Hutton today announced the government will replace the Child
Support Agency with a more streamlined and tougher new body.
- 70% RelevanceWORK AND PENSION STATISTICS 2004
The 32nd edition of the annual Work and Pension Statistics, formerly
known as Social Security Statistics, is published today.
- 70% RelevanceWORK AND PENSION STATISTICS 2003
Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare
- 70% RelevanceMINISTERS OPEN DOORS FOR BUSINESS
Customs Minister John Healey and Scotland Office Minister Anne
McGuire today highlighted the range of new government initiatives on
offer to businesses in the West of Scotland. During speeches at the
Customs Business Advice Open Day at Glasgow University - the first
event of its kind in Scotland - they explained how modern, joined-up
government can directly help Scottish companies.
- 70% Relevance LATEST CIVIL SERVICE NUMBERS PUBLISHED
Civil Service Staff numbers for October 2001 were published today. At 1 October 2001, the number of permanent Civil Servants was 480,000 (full-time equivalents). This was a decrease of almost 2,700 or 0.6 per cent on six months earlier. There was, however, an increase of just over 1,200 in the number of casual staff between April 2001 and October 2001.
- 69% RelevanceNew business banking service for child maintenance to benefit 40,000 employers
- A new service launches making it easier for businesses to deduct child maintenance from their employees’ wages.
- 69% RelevanceChild Maintenance and Enforcement Commission Client Funds Account 2010-11
- Amyas Morse, Comptroller and Auditor General, has once again been unable to give a full sign off to the Client Funds Account of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission.
- 69% RelevanceNew board member to lead roll-out of first identity cards
The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) today announced the
appointment of an additional board member as part of a programme to
increase capability in the run up to the start of the National
Identity Scheme.
- 69% RelevanceA fresh start for child maintenance
Work and Pensions Secretary John Hutton today set out far-reaching
proposals to replace the Child Support Agency with a tough new
organisation to deliver a radically different system of child
maintenance.
- 69% RelevanceCHILD SUPPORT AGENCY QUARTERLY SUMMARY OF STATISTICS (QSS) AUG
2002 is published today.
The publication shows profiles of Non-resident Parents (NRPs) and
Parents/Persons with Care (PWCs), amounts of maintenance assessments
and compliance levels based on 'live' and assessed Great Britain
cases on the Child Support Computer System (CSCS) at end-August 2002.
Following investigations into the over-estimation of Interim
Maintenance Assessment (IMA) figures, we are now able to provide
accurate IMA figures using a 100 per cent scan of CSA work in ha ...
- 69% RelevanceFAMILIES WITH CHILDREN ON KEY BENEFITS - FEBRUARY 2002
ON KEY BENEFITS - February 2002
- 69% RelevanceQUARTERLY BULLETIN ON FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN ON KEY BENEFITS
25th April 2002 ASD2504-FWCQ
- 69% Relevance 24th January 2002 ASD2401-FWC2
Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare
- 69% Relevance
Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare
CLIENT GROUP ANALYSIS: QUARTERLY BULLETIN ON FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN ON KEY BENEFITS - MAY 2001
- 69% Relevance
CLIENT GROUP ANALYSIS: QUARTERLY BULLETIN ON FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN
ON KEY BENEFITS - FEBRUARY 2001
Coverage: Great Britain
- 69% Relevance CLIENT GROUP ANALYSIS: QUARTERLY BULLETIN ON FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN
ON KEY BENEFITS, NOVEMBER 2000
Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare
- 69% Relevance
STATISTICAL SUMMARY - JUNE 2001
CLIENT GROUP ANALYSIS: FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN:
Coverage: Great Britain
- 69% Relevance BROWN HAILS NEW FAMILY TAX CUT - PUTTING FAMILIES FIRST
ALISTAIR DARLING OUTLINES NEW MEASURES FOR THE CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY
- 68% RelevanceChild Support Agency marks three years of progress
Strong performance numbers complete the CSA's Operational
Improvement Plan as clients praise caseworkers for professional service.
- 68% RelevanceNon-Executive Directors of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission announced
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions James Purnell today
announced the appointment of the first Non-Executive Directors to the
Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission. This follows the Child
Maintenance and Other Payments Act becoming law on 5 June 2008.
- 68% RelevanceStephen Geraghty announced as first commissioner of the child maintenance and enforcement commission
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Peter Hain, today
announced the appointment of Stephen Geraghty as Commissioner
Designate of the new Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission.
- 68% RelevanceChild Support Agency Quarterly summary of statistics
First Release
- 68% RelevanceDWP QUARTERLY STATISTICAL SUMMARY (extract)
Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated) Theme: Social and
Welfare
- 68% RelevanceCLIENT GROUP ANALYSIS: FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN ON KEY BENEFITS
This analysis is based on people of working age who claim a key
benefit and who receive an additional allowance for a child under 16
years of age or for a young adult dependant aged between 16 and 18 in
full-time education. It has been developed from existing data on
individual benefits to give a more coherent picture of claimants
rather than claims. It is published on a regular basis via a National
Statistics bulletin. Please see Notes to Editors for further details.
- 68% RelevanceQUARTERLY BULLETIN ON FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN ON KEY BENEFITS
This analysis is based on people of working age who claim a key
benefit and who receive an additional allowance for a child under 16
years of age or for a young adult dependant aged between 16 and 18 in
full-time education. It has been developed from existing data on
individual benefits to give a more coherent picture of claimants
rather than claims. It is published on a regular basis via a National
Statistics bulletin. Please see Notes to Editors for further details.
- 68% RelevanceQUARTERLY BULLETIN ON FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN
This analysis is based on people of working age who claim a key
benefit and who receive an additional allowance for a child under16
years of age or for a young adult dependant aged between 16 and 18 in
full-time education. It has been developed from existing data on
individual benefits to give a more coherent picture of claimants
rather than claims. It is published on a regular basis via a
National Statistics bulletin. Please see Notes to Editors for
further details.
- 68% RelevanceQTY BULLETIN ON FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN ON KEY BENEFITS
Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare
This analysis is based on people of working age who claim a key
benefit and who receive an additional allowance for a child under 16
years of age or for a young adult dependant aged between 16 and 18 in
full-time education. It has been developed from existing data on
individual benefits to give a more coherent picture of claimants
rather than claims. It is published on a regular basis via a
National Statistics bulletin. Please see ...
- 68% RelevanceBULLETIN ON FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN ON KEY BENEFITS
Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare
- 68% RelevanceQUARTERLY BULLETIN ON FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN ON KEY BENEFITS
Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare
- 68% RelevanceFAMILIES WITH CHILDREN ON KEY BENEFITS
Coverage: Great Britain
Theme: Social and Welfare
- 68% RelevanceCLIENT GROUP ANALYSIS: QUARTERLY BULLETIN ON FAMILIES WITH CHI
Coverage: Great Britain
Theme: Social and Welfare
- 68% RelevanceCLIENT GROUP ANALYSIS: QUARTERLY BULLETIN ON FAMILIES WITH CHI
Coverage: Great Britain
Theme: Social and Welfare
- 68% RelevanceCLIENT GROUP ANALYSIS: QUARTERLY BULLETIN ON FAMILIES WITH CHI
Coverage: Great Britain
Theme: Social and Welfare
- 68% RelevanceSTATISTICAL SUMMARY - DECEMBER 2002
Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare
- 68% RelevanceCLIENT GROUP ANALYSIS: QTLY BULLETIN ON FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN
First Release
Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare
- 68% RelevanceNETWORK RAIL NAO ONS JOINT STATEMENT
Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, and Len Cook, the
National Statistician, today issued a joint statement giving their
respective views on the accounting treatment and statistical
treatment of Network Rail.
- 68% RelevanceBIRTHDAY HONOURS 2002 - PART FIVE OF TWELVE PARTS
This material is issued for the convenience of the media to assist
recipients in the preparation of their reports on condition that:
- 68% Relevance STATISTICAL SUMMARY 2001
Coverage: Great Britain
- 68% RelevanceParents urged to consider welfare of children before going to the family courts
Divorced and separated parents who go to court to settle disputes
risk making matters worse for their children.
- 67% RelevanceChild Maintenance and Enforcement Commission Client Funds Account 2008-09 & 2009-10
- Amyas Morse, Comptroller and Auditor General, has been unable to give a full sign off to the Client Funds Accounts of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission for 2008-09 and 2009-10.
- 67% RelevanceMistakes happen – failure to put them right quickly and properly can make them considerably worse
Issued by the News Distribution Service on behalf of the
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
Parliamentary Ombudsman, Ann Abraham, today urged public bodies
to improve customer service by acting swiftly and effectively to
resolve complaints. Small mistakes, big consequences contains eleven
case studies illustrating how the relatively minor mistakes of large
government departments can have a major impact on the people they are
attempting to serve and on the public purse.
- 67% Relevance50,000 more children lifted out of poverty
350,000 children to benefit from extra money
- 67% RelevanceDWP STATISTICAL SUMMARY - JUNE 2005
Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated) Theme: Social and
Welfare
- 67% RelevanceNEW MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATE BOARD AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Sir Peter Bonfield CBE FREng, the Hon Barbara Thomas and the Rt Hon
Lord Justice Judge, Deputy Chief Justice of England and Wales, have
been appointed as non-executive members of the corporate board of the
Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA).
- 67% RelevanceDWP STATISTICAL SUMMARY - MARCH 2004
Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated)
- 67% RelevanceCLIENT GROUP ANALYSIS
Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated)
- 67% RelevancePARLIAMENTARY OMBUDSMAN PUBLISHES REPORT
The Parliamentary Ombudsman, Sir Michael Buckley, today published a
report on the 81 investigations completed by his office between April
and September 2001. 72 of the complaints investigated were upheld, at
least in part. A further 417 cases were concluded without issuing a
statutory report. The complaints involved 18 government departments
or other public bodies, with the greatest number of complaints being
made against the Department for Work and Pensions and its agencies.
Other departm ...
- 67% RelevanceParents urged to consider welfare of children before going to the family courts
Divorced and separated parents who go to court to settle disputes
risk making matters worse for their children.
- 66% RelevanceQuango clampdown saving billions for the taxpayer
- The Government is now more than halfway through the first wave of its quango reform programme with the closures made so far set to save at least £1.4 billion for the taxpayer in this Parliament, the Minister for the Cabinet Office announced yesterday.
- 66% RelevanceGovernment’s radical vision to transform child maintenance system
- The Government has unveiled detailed plans for the new and radically reshaped child maintenance system in Great Britain.
- 66% RelevanceGrandparents as influential as professional advisers on separation issues
New guide helps them to make sure their grandchildren are provided
for.
- 66% RelevanceNew support and responsibilities for lone parents
New benefit rules to help lone parents into work by helping them find
additional training, prepare for the workplace and find suitable
childcare, have been laid in Parliament today.
- 66% RelevanceBorder and Immigration Agency goes live
Six regional directors have been appointed to the new Border and
Immigration Agency (BIA), which goes live today, the Home Office has announced.
- 66% RelevanceDEPARTMENT OF WORK AND PENSIONS: DELIVERING EFFECTIVE SERVICES THROUGH CONTACT CENTRES
The Department for Work and Pensions has made significant progress in delivering services through contact centres so that they are delivering improvements in value for money, but needs to continue to tackle a variety of barriers to exploit their full potential, according to a National Audit Office report published today. The Department’s 60 contact centres have already made a major contribution to the service provided to millions of citizens and have the potential to further improve customer se ...
- 66% RelevanceDWP STATISTICAL SUMMARY - SEPTEMBER 2004
Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated)
- 66% RelevanceDWP STATISTICAL SUMMARY - JUNE 2003
Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated)
- 66% RelevanceDWP STATISTICAL SUMMARY - MARCH 2003
Coverage: Great Britain
Theme: Social and Welfare
- 66% Relevance STATISTICAL SUMMARY - DECEMBER 2001
Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare
- 66% Relevance
STATISTICAL SUMMARY - SEPTEMBER 2001
CLIENT GROUP ANALYSIS:
- 65% RelevanceDWP STATISTICAL SUMMARY - JUNE 2004
Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated) - Theme: Social and
Welfare
- 65% RelevanceDWP STATISTICAL SUMMARY - DECEMBER 2003
Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated) Theme: Social and
Welfare
- 65% RelevanceCLIENT GROUP ANALYSIS:CHILDREN WITH FAMILIES
Client Group Analysis: Families with children:
- 65% RelevanceDWP RESEARCH REPORTS:FAMILIES AND CHILDREN
Research published today by the Department for Work and Pensions
using a longitudinal survey carried out by the Policy Studies
Institute, explores changes in family circumstances over time. The
survey, which was carried out for the first time in 1999, interviewed
over 5,000 families with dependent children. A second wave of the
survey was conducted in 2000, again involving interviews with over
5,000 families - 4,000 of whom had been interviewed in 1999. It
examines the opportunities a ...
- 64% RelevanceChild Maintenance: Choice for all parents starts today
More money for low income single parents as compulsion to use CSA ends.
- 64% RelevanceDWP Quarterly Statistical Summary
Introduction
This Statistical Summary aims to give users a structured overview of
the National Statistics published by the Department for Work and
Pensions (DWP). Statistics are grouped by component area of DWP and,
for each statistic, links are given for users to access more detailed
information.
- 64% RelevanceDWP Quarterly Statistical Summary
First Release
Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated)
Theme: Social and Welfare
- 64% RelevanceDEPARTMENT OF WORK AND PENSIONS STATISTICAL SUMMARY
First Release
Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated)
- 64% RelevanceSTATISTICAL SUMMARY - SEPTEMBER 2002
Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare
STATISTICAL SUMMARY - SEPTEMBER 2002
- 60% RelevanceDWP Quarterly Statistical Summary
Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated)
- 56% RelevanceBig Society Bank launched
- The vision for a Big Society came much closer last week as the Big Society Bank – now officially named Big Society Capital – became a reality with the establishment of two expert boards.
