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Child Support

Answer

The administration of the Child Support Agency is the matter for the chief executive. He will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.Letter from Stephen Geraghty:"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 new scheme cases were cleared by the Child Support Agency within six months in (a) Jarrow constituency (b) South Tyneside (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997. [223988]""At present, the Agency operates two schemes, the original scheme applying to cases received by the Agency from 1993, and assessed under the Child Support Act 1991, and the current scheme, sometimes known as the new scheme, applying to cases received by the Agency from 2003 and assessed under the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000.""The information provided in the attached table relates to current scheme cases from 2003 only.""I hope you find this answer helpful."

Child Support Agency—Current scheme case clearances under six months old
	Clearances under six months old
Month	Great Britain	North East	South Tyneside	Jarrow
2003-04	113,100	4,200	300	200
2004-05	137,200	4,400	300	200
2005-06	190,900	5,900	400	200
2006-07	219,000	6,100	400	200
2007-08	260,000	9,100	600	300
Notes: 1. Figures include all current scheme application clearances under six months old. 2. As the current scheme came into existence in 2003, figures only go back to this date. 3. Cases have been allocated to the North East region, Jarrow parliamentary constituency and South Tyneside local authority by matching the postcode of the parent with care against the Office for National Statistics postcode directory. 4. Applications may be classed as cleared when the application is rejected or withdrawn. These applications can be rejected or withdrawn without the full address details of the non-resident parent or parent with care being recorded on the CS2 or CSCS computer systems and so can not be allocated to a geographical area. Such clearances are included in the Great Britain total but excluded from the regional breakdowns. Over 35 per cent. of clearances of applications under six months old fall into this category. 5. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100. 6. '-' indicates a figure less than 50.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

223988; 480 c56-7W

Session

2007-08

Subjects

Children Maintenance

Link

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