Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 7 March 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which targets are in place for the processing and clearing of Child Support Agency cases.
The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the Chief Executive.
He will write to the hon. Lady with the information requested.
Letter from Stephen Geraghty, dated
In reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the Child Support Agency, the Secretary of State promised a substantive reply from the Chief Executive.
You asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which targets are in place for the processing and clearing of Child Support Agency cases.
The Child Support Agency has been set six targets by the Secretary of State for 2006-07, which were published in the Agency's Business Plan, a copy of which is available in the House of Commons Library, or on the internet via the following link:
www.csa.gov.uk/pdf/English/reports/plan0607.pdf.
Two of these targets relate to the processing and clearing of applications received since the new scheme was introduced in March 2003.
The first concerns the volume of applications being cleared and states that: by
The second concerns the speed with which new applications should be processed and stated that: by
The Agency's latest performance against these targets was published in table 2.1 and table 3 of the December Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary Statistics, a copy of which is available in the House of Commons Library, or on the internet via the following link:
www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd1/child_support/csa_quarterly _dec06.asp
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