PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Children: Maintenance (7 December 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the cases groups with a current liability using the 2012 statutory child maintenance scheme in August 2015 were due to pay via (a) the CMS Calculation and Collection Service and (b) Direct Pay.

Asked by:
Debbie Abrahams (Labour)

As at August 2015, 30% of cases paid via the CMS Calculation and Collection Service and 70% of cases paid via Direct Pay.

Information on Service Type (Case based) is set out on Page 6 of the Child Maintenance Service 2012 Scheme Experimental Statistics and Page 8 of the tables which can be accessed online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme-aug-2013-to-aug-2015-experimental

Note:

Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number.

Accurate information by case group could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Answered by:
Priti Patel (Conservative)
10 December 2015