HC Deb 23 July 2002 vol 389 c1026W
Mr. Hepburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has to give the Child Support Agency the power of surveillance in tackling fraud; and if he will make a statement. [67042]

Malcolm Wicks

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to hon. my Friend the Member for Lincoln (Mrs. Merron) on 24 June 2002,Official Report, column 676W.

Linda Perham

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether student loan repayments and student overdraft interest payments are counted as outgoings when the CSA calculates payments due from absent parents. [70749]

Malcolm Wicks

No.

Vera Baird

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in how many cases a parent with care withdrew a claim for income support after action by the Child Support Agency in each year from 1993–94 to 2001–02. [67237]

Malcolm Wicks

The information is not available.