Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 17 July 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many requests have been made by the Child Support Agency to HM Revenue and Customs in each (a) month and (b) quarter since January 2003 in respect of access to information on the incomes of non-resident parents; and if he will make a statement.
The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the chief executive. He will write to the hon. Member 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, how many requests have been made by the Child Support Agency to HM Revenue and Customs in each (a) month and (b) quarter since January 2003 in respect of access to information on the incomes of non-resident parents; and if he will make a statement.
Such information as is available is set out in the attached table, which shows the number of requests dealt with by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) where the Child Support Agency has made a request for information on the non-resident parents income.
The information supplied relates to queries dealt with by two parts of HMRC, the Centre of Research and Intelligence (CRI) and the National Insurance Contributions Office.
I hope you find this answer helpful.
Number of requests actioned by the Centre of Research and Intelligence from 1 January 2003 to 24 June 2007 | |||||
Month | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
January | 1,837 | 1,619 | 2,024 | 2,949 | 4,319 |
February | 1,587 | 2,082 | 2,227 | 2,470 | 3,096 |
March | 1,814 | 2,369 | 2,255 | 2,385 | 5,410 |
Quarter 1 (January-March) | 5,238 | 6,070 | 6,506 | 7,804 | 12,825 |
April | 1,576 | 2,727 | 2,581 | 2,257 | 3,315 |
May | 1,887 | 2,130 | 1,942 | 2,819 | 4,178 |
June | 2,072 | 2,030 | 1,930 | 2,420 | 2,657 |
Quarter 2 (April-June) | 5,535 | 6,887 | 6,453 | 7,496 | 7,493 |
July | 1,658 | 2,856 | 2,351 | 2,968 | |
August | 2,319 | 2,143 | 2,058 | 2,385 | |
September | 1,980 | 2,101 | 2,210 | 2,425 | |
Quarter 3 (July-September) | 5,957 | 7,100 | 6,619 | 7,778 | |
October | 2,877 | 2,714 | 2,219 | 3,779 | |
November | 2,225 | 1,919 | 2,355 | 2,852 | |
December | 1,444 | 1,810 | 1,467 | 1,927 | |
Quarter 4 (October-December) | 6,546 | 6,443 | 6,041 | 8,558 | |
Total | 23,276 | 26,500 | 25,619 | 31,636 | 20,318 |
Number of referrals issued to National Insurance Contributions Office | ||||||
Year | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 to date |
Totals | 3,597 | 8,452 | 18,883 | 35,448 | 53,795 | 6,294 |
Note to table: The information on referrals to the National Insurance Contributions Office is only available annually |
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