Site Search

Please note: This is a re-issue of this press notice with the correct Deparmental Title

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:

Jodi Berg has been appointed as the Child Support Agency's Independent Case Examiner.

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.

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.

The Head of the Civil Service, Sir Andrew Turnbull, will visit frontline staff in Newcastle on Friday 25 June 2004.

PUBLICATION OF DWP RESEARCH REPORT:

The new Child Support scheme will be introduced from 3 March 2003, Work and Pensions Secretary Andrew Smith announced today.

Introduction

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.

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.

The Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine, and the Scottish Ministers have appointed the following to be members of the Council on Tribunals:

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 ...

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.

The 2000 edition of Social Security Statistics, published today, shows the numbers of people receiving a wide range of benefits.

Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated)

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.

Complaints about public services matter says Ombudsman

Barbara Moorhouse has been appointed as the new Director General of Finance for the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA).

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.

More children are benefiting from child maintenance, with more parents paying this quarter than in any previous quarter.

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.

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.

After nearly seven years in post, Sir Nicholas Montagu will retire as Chairman of Inland Revenue on 19 March 2004.

Improvements to the Child Support Agency's customer service, diligence and commitment were commended in an independent report today.

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.

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.

The Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics for November 2000 is published today.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

Jodi Berg has been appointed as the Child Support Agency's new Independent Case Examiner.

The Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics for February 2001 is published today.

Now a free and impartial service offers information and support for both parents.

National Statistics First Release

AMENDED COPY

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.

Coverage: Great Britain
Theme: Social and Welfare

28 February 2002 ASD2802-CSAQSTAT

'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.

Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare

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.

Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare

Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare

OPERATIONAL NOTE: - RECENT CHANGES - PLEASE PASS ON TO YOUR SYSTEMS EDITORS/OPERATIONS/IT MANAGERS

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated)

REVISED COPY -

Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated)
Theme: Social and Welfare

The 32nd edition of the annual Work and Pension Statistics, formerly known as Social Security Statistics, is published today.

Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare

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.

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.

Figures published today by the Office of National Statistics show a fall in teenage conception rates in 1999. The statistics show:

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.

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.

Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated)

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.

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.

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 ...

CLIENT GROUP ANALYSIS: QUARTERLY BULLETIN ON FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN ON KEY BENEFITS - MAY 2001

Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare

Coverage: Great Britain

Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare

ALISTAIR DARLING OUTLINES NEW MEASURES FOR THE CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY

Strong performance numbers complete the CSA's Operational Improvement Plan as clients praise caseworkers for professional service.

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.

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.

First Release

Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated) 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 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.

Coverage: Great Britain
Theme: Social and Welfare

Coverage: Great Britain
Theme: Social and Welfare

Coverage: Great Britain
Theme: Social and Welfare

Coverage: Great Britain

Theme: Social and Welfare

Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare

First Release Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare

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.

ON KEY BENEFITS - February 2002

This material is issued for the convenience of the media to assist recipients in the preparation of their reports on condition that:

25th April 2002 ASD2504-FWCQ

Coverage: Great Britain

Coverage: Great Britain

Divorced and separated parents who go to court to settle disputes risk making matters worse for their children.

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.

350,000 children to benefit from extra money

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.

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.

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 ...

Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare

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).

Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated)

Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare

Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated)

Divorced and separated parents who go to court to settle disputes risk making matters worse for their children.

New guide helps them to make sure their grandchildren are provided for.

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.

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 ...

Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated) Theme: Social and Welfare

Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated)

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 ...

Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare

CLIENT GROUP ANALYSIS:

Six regional directors have been appointed to the new Border and Immigration Agency (BIA), which goes live today, the Home Office has announced.

Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated) - Theme: Social and Welfare

Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated) Theme: Social and Welfare

Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated)

Coverage: Great Britain
Theme: Social and Welfare

Client Group Analysis: Families with 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 ...

More money for low income single parents as compulsion to use CSA ends.

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.

First Release
Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated)
Theme: Social and Welfare

First Release
Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated)

Coverage: Great Britain Theme: Social and Welfare STATISTICAL SUMMARY - SEPTEMBER 2002

Coverage: Great Britain (unless otherwise stated)