Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 17 March 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of maintenance direct cases dealt with by the Child Support Agency (CSA) in 2009-10 reverted to the CSA's normal collection service during the course of the year at the request of the parent with care.
The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission is responsible for the child maintenance system. I have asked the Child Maintenance Commissioner to write to the hon. Member with the information requested and I have seen the response.
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 Child Maintenance Commissioner as the Child Support Agency is now the responsibility of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission.
You asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of maintenance direct cases dealt with by the Child Support Agency (CSA) in 2009-10 reverted to the CSA's normal collection service during the course of the year at the request of the parent with care.
In the quarter to March 2009, there were 165,300 maintenance direct cases. 10,400 (6%) of these had a liability to pay maintenance via the CSA collection service at least once in quarters ending June 2009, September 2009, December 2009 or March 2010. The CSA does not record the reason why these cases reverted to the collection service.
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