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| [Twenty-third and twenty-fourth sittings]
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| Clause 102, page 67, leave out lines 22 and 23. |
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| Clause 102, page 67, line 43, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(8) | In prescribed circumstances, overpayments shall not be recoverable.’. |
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| Clause 102, page 67, line 43, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(8) | Official error overpayments of benefits by local authorities, HMRC or the |
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| | Department of Work and Pensions, that occur when the claimants could not |
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| | reasonably have been expected to know they were being overpaid, cannot be |
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| Clause 102, page 69, leave out lines 19 and 20. |
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| Clause 102, page 70, leave out lines 1 and 2. |
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| Page 67, line 8, leave out Clause 102. |
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| Page 70, line 35, leave out Clause 103. |
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| Page 71, line 1, leave out Clause 104. |
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| | Clauses 105 to 110 Agreed to. |
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| Clause 111, page 74, line 36, leave out ‘an’ and insert ‘a significant’. |
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| Clause 111, page 75, line 10, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(3A) | The amount levied under subsection (2) shall not be greater than the value of the |
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| | overpayment arising from failures outlined in subsection (1).’. |
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| Clause 111, page 75, line 25, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(7) | Under no circumstances shall the Secretary of State allow any targets to be set that |
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| | would be intended to provide an incentive to increase the number or value of civil |
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| | penalties issued under this section.’. |
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| Clause 111, page 75, line 34, leave out ‘an’ and insert ‘a significant’. |
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| Clause 111, page 75, line 44, leave out ‘an’ and insert ‘a significant’. |
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| Clause 111, page 75, line 47, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2A) | The amount levied under subsections (1) and (2) shall not be greater than the |
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| | value of the overpayment arising from failures outlined in those subsections.’. |
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| Clause 111, page 76, line 12, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(7) | Under no circumstances shall the Secretary of State allow any targets to be set that |
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| | would be intended to provide an incentive to increase the number or value of civil |
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| | penalties issued under this section.’. |
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| Clause 111, page 76, line 12, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2) | Subsection (1) shall not take effect until the Secertary of State has published a |
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| | report setting out the criteria that will be used to define whether an error will or |
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| | will not be considered to fall within sections 115C and 115D of the Social |
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| | Security Administration Act 1992, as inserted by subsection (1), and how |
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| | individual characteristics of the claimant are to be taken into account when |
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| | making the distinction.’. |
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| Clause 111, page 76, line 12, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2) | Subsection (1) shall not take effect until the Secretary of State has published a |
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| | report setting out how the appropriate authority will determine what reasonable |
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| | steps a claimant can be expected to take to avoid error.’. |
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| Clause 111, page 76, line 12, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2) | Subsection (1) shall not take effect until the Secretary of State has published a |
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| | report setting out how the appropriate authority will compensate claimants where |
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| | an overpayment or delay in payment of benefit has arisen as a result of official |
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| Clause 111, page 76, line 12, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2) | Subsection (1) shall not take effect until the Secretary of State has published a |
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| | report setting out what information, guidance and other assistance the appropriate |
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| | authority will provide to each person making a claim to enable them to understand |
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| | and meet their responsibilities with respect to that claim.’. |
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| | Clauses 112 to 114 Agreed to. |
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| Clause 115, page 80, line 48, leave out ‘5 April 2012’ and insert ‘the day specified |
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| by order made by the Treasury’. |
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| Clause 115, page 83, line 31, leave out ‘5 April 2012’ and insert ‘the day specified |
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| by order made by the Treasury’. |
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| Clause 115, page 85, line 35, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(c) | in subsection (3)(a) at the beginning there is inserted “an order or”.’ |
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| | Clause, as amended, Agreed to. |
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| | Clauses 116 to 120 Agreed to. |
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| | Negatived on division 267 |
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| Clause 121, page 90, line 39, at end insert— |
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| | ‘(11) | The Secretary of State shall commission a report, which is to be published no later |
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| | than 365 days after this Bill receives Royal Assent, about the possibility of using |
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| | and/or adapting the relevant information-sharing systems to inform policy on the |
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| | Clauses 122 to 127 Agreed to. |
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| Clause 128, page 97, line 2, leave out from ‘Commission’ to end of line 8 and insert |
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| ‘may with a view to ensuring that there are effective maintenance arrangements in place— |
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| | (a) | take such steps as it considers appropriate to ensure that all parents |
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| | eligible for child maintenance are made fully aware of the choices open |
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| | to them to secure periodical payments by way of maintenance with |
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| | respect to any child either by means of a maintenance agreement or by |
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| | means of an application to the Commission for a calculation for the said |
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| | (b) | upon receiving an application under sections 4 and 7 in respect of a child, |
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| | take steps to establish with the applicant whether a maintenance |
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| | agreement or an application to the Commission is the best means of |
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| | achieving a sustainable and durable maintenance arrangement for the |
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| | child in question, and to encourage the applicant accordingly.’. |
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| Clause 128, page 97, line 13, leave out from ‘to’ to end of line 16 and insert ‘take |
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| steps to establish with the applicant whether a maintenance agreement (within the |
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| meaning of section 9 of the Child Support Act 1991) or an application to the Commission |
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| is the best means of achieving a sustainable and durable maintenance arrangement for the |
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| child in question, and to encourage the applicant accordingly.’. |
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| [Adjourned until Tuesday 24 May at 9.30 am |
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