Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Work and Pensions

Oral Answers to Questions

John Bercow Excerpts
Monday 18th July 2011

(12 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. That question was extremely tangentially related to dealings with the Child Support Agency—but I am sure that the Minister’s ingenuity means that she will adroitly cope.

Maria Miller Portrait Maria Miller
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The hon. Gentleman makes a good point about the potential importance of Sure Start in child support. Indeed, we are talking to our colleagues in the Department for Education about possible opportunities for Sure Start to work with the Child Support Agency. We already have a trial—set up under the previous Administration—looking into that issue, and Ministers in that Department have ensured that sufficient funding is in place to keep the Sure Start network working.