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Table 2: Cases with maintenance arrears owed to the parent with care and Secretary of State

Cases Total arrears (£ billion) Mean amount owed (£) Median amount owed (£)

March 2007

979,100

3.687

3,800

800

April 2007

989,300

3.698

3,700

800

May 2007

999,900

3.711

3,700

800

June 2007

1,011,300

3.728

3,700

800

July 2007

1,019,800

3.737

3,700

800

August 2007

1,026,600

3.748

3,700

800

September 2007

1,036,300

3.757

3,600

700

October 2007

1,042,600

3.771

3,600

700

November 2007

1,049,400

3.781

3,600

700

December 2007

1,056,500

3.787

3,600

700

January 2008

1,063,100

3.804

3,600

700

February 2008

1,065,900

3.809

3,600

700

March 2008

1,060,300

3.779

3,600

700

April 2008

1,078,000

3.823

3,500

700

May 2008

1,084,400

3.828

3,500

700

June 2008

1,089,700

3.839

3,500

700

July 2008

1,096,100

3.845

3,500

700

August 2008

1,102,100

3.851

3,500

700

September 2008

1,099,000

3.852

3,500

700

October 2008

1,092,100

3.865

3,500

700

November 2008

1,092,600

3.840

3,500

700

December 2008

1,093,000

3.870

3,500

700

January 2009

1,098,400

3.882

3,500

700

February 2009

1,092,700

3.882

3,600

700

March 2009

1,091,100

3.878

3,600

700

Notes:
1. Data are only available from March 2007 onwards.
2. Case figures are rounded to nearest 100, total arrears are rounded to the nearest million, and the mean and median amounts owed are rounded to the nearest 100.

Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many (a) compliant non-resident parents and (b) non-compliant non-resident parents who were registered with the Child Support Agency on the latest date for which figures are available were paying maintenance at the (i) basic, (ii) reduced, (iii) flat and (iv) nil rate; [279120]

(2) what steps are taken to monitor the income and maintenance liability of non-resident parents in respect of whom the Child Support Agency has made nil maintenance calculations. [281754]

Helen Goodman: [holding answers 12 and 22 June 2009]: The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission is responsible for the child maintenance system. I have therefore asked the Child Maintenance Commissioner to write to the right hon. Member with the information requested.

Letter from Stephen Geraghty:

Table 1: Compliance

Flat rate Basic rate Reduced rate

Compliant

93,800

111,900

26,700

Non-compliant

46,600

29,000

11,300


Table 2: Maintenance outcomes

Flat rate Basic rate Reduced rate

Cases receiving maintenance

111,700

192,500

46,200

Cases not receiving maintenance

69,100

50,300

18,700

Notes: 1. The compliance measure includes those cases where a payment has been requested in the quarter to March 2009. 2. Compliant cases have been classed as those cases which have paid maintenance in the quarter to March 2009, excluding maintenance direct cases. 3. Non-compliant cases have been classed as those cases which have a payment schedule in place and have not paid maintenance in the quarter to March 2009, excluding maintenance direct cases. 4. Under Maintenance Outcomes, cases receiving maintenance includes those cases with a positive maintenance assessment receiving maintenance, including maintenance direct cases. 5. Cases not receiving maintenance include cases with a maintenance assessment where the agency has not yet asked for payment. 6. All figures are rounded to the nearest 100. 7. All figures include current scheme cases only.

Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 24 November 2008, Official Report, columns 977-8W, on the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: ICT, what the budget for the gross income statutory maintenance scheme is. [279988]


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Helen Goodman [holding answer 15 June 2009]: The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission is responsible for the child maintenance system. I have therefore asked the Child Maintenance Commissioner to write to the right hon. Member with the information requested.

Letter from Stephen Geraghty:

Mr. Sanders: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what account the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission takes of the circumstances of (a) resident parents and their families and (b) non-resident parents and their families in determining child maintenance. [281841]

Helen Goodman: The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission is responsible for the child maintenance system. I have therefore asked the Child Maintenance Commissioner to write to the hon. Member with the information requested.

Letter from Stephen Geraghty:


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