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17. Mr. Gapes

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what plans he has to extend the scope of the child support appeal tribunals.

20. Mr. Khabra

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what plans he has to reform the operation of the Child Support Agency.

Mr. Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what plans he has to extend the scope of the child support appeal tribunals.

Mr. Burt

I refer the hon. Members to the statement made earlier today by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State.

22. Sir David Madel

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when he expects to reply to the fifth report by the Social Security Select Committee of Session 199394 on the operation of the Child Support Act 1991, HC420; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Lilley

The Government have considered carefully the recent report of the Social Security Select Committee and today made their response. A copy is in the Library.

23. Mrs. Anne Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many reduced benefit directions have been issued by the Child Support Agency to date.

Mr. Burt

From 5 April 1993 to 31 October 1994, the Child Support Agency referred 13,830 cases to the Benefits Agency to consider the implementation of a reduced benefit direction.

Mr. Jenkin

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security when he intends to publish a compliance cost assessment for the Child Support Act 1991.

Mr. Arbuthnot

We have published the compliance cost assessment for the Child Support Act 1991 today. The report highlights areas where the work of the agency affects employers and represents a cost to them. It has been produced in consultation with the DSS employers' panel and the DSS employers' sub-group for child support.

Copies of the compliance cost assessment have been placed in the Library.