PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Children: Maintenance (9 July 2018)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of paying parents using the Child Maintenance Service are (a) in employment and (b) not in employment.
Asked by:
Alex Burghart (Conservative)
Asked by:
Alex Burghart (Conservative)
Answer
The following table shows the volumes and proportions of paying parents on the Child Maintenance Service schemes in March 2018 that are employed, unemployed, or with an unknown employment status at the point of application.
Employment Status | Volume | Proportion |
Employed | 297,400 | 76.5% |
Unemployed | 16,500 | 4.0% |
Unknown | 75,700 | 19.5% |
Total | 389,600 | 100% |
Answered by:
Justin Tomlinson (Conservative)
12 July 2018
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