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Divorce
Mr. Denham: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what calculation he has made of the changes in divorce rates in each 10-year period to 2020 and in 2037. [11635]
Marriage
Mr. Denham: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what calculation he has made of the changes in marriage rates in each 10-year period to 2020 and in 2037. [11634]
Child Support Agency
Ms Lynne: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what the benefit savings attributable to the Child Support Agency since its establishment would be if they were calculated on the same basis as those forecast in the financial memorandum of the Child Support Bill; and if he will provide a breakdown of the figures. [12074]
Mr. Andrew Mitchell:
Such estimates cannot be provided until the longer-term incentive effects of the work of the Child Support Agency are known.
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Ms Lynne:
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what the benefit savings attributable to liable relatives action would have been in each year since 1989 if they had been calculated including the 51 multiplier in accordance with the procedures adopted by the Child Support Agency since 1993-94. [12071]
Mr. Mitchell:
The information is in the list:
Ms Lynne:
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security which computer applications contain information relating to clients on the Child Support Agency computer system. [11806]
Mr. Mitchell:
The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the chief executive, Miss Ann Chant. She will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Miss Ann Chant to Ms Liz Lynne, dated 30 January 1996:
Mr. Mitchell:
The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the chief executive, Miss Ann Chant. She will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Miss Ann Chant to Ms Liz Lynne, dated 30 January 1996:
Ms Corston:
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will make a statement on the role of the Pensions Act 1995 in preventing employers appropriating or transferring the surpluses from company pension funds. [12606]
Mr. Heald:
At present, trustees can approve payments from surplus to employers if they are permitted by scheme rules. The Pensions Act 1995 will no longer allow the trustees of occupational pension schemes to make a payment to the employer from a surplus unless new
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statutory requirements are met. In future, the following conditions will have to be met, irrespective of the terms of the scheme rules:
We have announced our intention to bring these requirements into force from April 1997.
Dr. Godman:
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the amount of state benefits regained
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by the compensation recovery unit in (a) Strathclyde and (b) Scotland in each of the past three years. [11541]
Mr. Roger Evans:
The information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Dr. Godman:
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 22 January, Official Report, column 108, about the compensation recovery unit, if he will list the parties which were consulted in late 1995. [12484]
Mr. Evans:
The information has been placed in the Library.
Mr. Corbyn:
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what estimate his Department has made of the average income of women over the age of 25 years who are (a) widowed, (b) single and (c) in a partnership for each year since 1980; and if he will make a statement. [12264]
Mr. Andrew Mitchell:
Such information as is available is in the table. These figures show average household income after adjustment for household size and composition. These figures are used rather than individual income as the latter does not reflect all the income available to women in households; some income components can also not readily be attributed to individuals.
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These figures include savings resulting from action to collect spousal maintenance and payments made in respect of sponsored immigrants.
1989-90: £270 million
1990-91: £315 million
1991-92: £400 million
1992-93: £440 million
Ms Lynne:
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many requests he has received from clients of the Child Support Agency for copies of the records held on them by the agency computer system. [11802]
I am replying to your Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Social Security about Child Support Agency computer applications.
Information relating to Child Support Agency clients is held and maintained only in the database of the main Child Support Computer System.
I hope this is helpful.
I am replying to your Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Social Security about Child Support Agency records.
From the inception of the Agency in April 1993 to 24 January 1996, a total of 3,634 requests have been received from clients of the Child Support Agency for copies of personal information held about them on the Child Support Computer System.
I hope this is helpful.
(a) the proposals to eliminate the surplus have been approved by the Inland Revenue;
The Act also provides that if a payment is made to an employer in breach of the statutory requirements, the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority may apply to the High Court--the Court of Session in Scotland--for an order to restore the funds to the scheme.
(b) the trustees are satisfied that it is in the interests of the members for the payment to be made;
(c) the scheme must not be winding up;
(d) all pensions must be increased annually in line with inflation up to 5 per cent. for both past and future service;
(e) the employer has agreed that a payment should be made to him;
(f) members must be notified in accordance with prescribed requirements of the intention to make a payment from surplus to the employer.
| Before housing costs | After housing costs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Widows | Singles | Women in couples | Widows | Singles | Women in couples |
| 1981 | -- | 168 | 207 | -- | 152 | 180 |
| 1987 | -- | 205 | 251 | -- | 186 | 218 |
| 1988-89 | -- | 207 | 273 | -- | 189 | 240 |
| 1990-91 | -- | 207 | 293 | -- | 189 | 258 |
| 1991-92 | 194 | 215 | 294 | 182 | 195 | 259 |
| 1992-93 | 194 | 218 | 296 | 180 | 196 | 262 |
1. The information in the table is derived from the Households Below Average Incomes' datasets.
2. Information for widows is not available before 1991. Figures for single women includes women who are single and never married, divorced, separated and widows. In 1981, 1987 and 1988-89 information for women in couples covers married women only; women who were co-habiting are counted as single women. Information for couples for later years includes married women and women who are co-habiting.
3. Estimates are of mean weekly household equivalised disposable income. For further information about equivalisation see appendix 4 of Households Below Average Income 1979-1992-93--a copy of which is in the Library. Figures are given to the nearest whole £ and are in March 1995 prices.
4. All estimates are subject to sampling error.
5. Figures for 1988-89, 1990-91, 1991-92 and 1992-93 are for two calendar years data combined.