Written question asked by Liz Lynne (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 16 October 1996. It was answered by Andrew Mitchell (Conservative) on Wednesday, 16 October 1996 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.

Dept of Social Security

Question: What has been the service availability of the Child Support Agency Computer System in each week since 7th January. - Table given.

Answer: Ms Lynne: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what has been the service availability of the Child Support Agency computer system in each week since 7 January. [40959] Mr. Mitchell: The information is in the table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Week ending Service availability (percentage) 7 January 1996 99.9 14 January 1996 98.5 21 January 1996 98.8 28 January 1996 92.9 4 February 1996 99.7 11 February 1996 99.7 18 February 1996 95.5 25 February 1996 98.4 3 March 1996 100.0 10 March 1996 90.3 17 March 1996 100.0 24 March 1996 98.4 31 March 1996 98.6 7 April 1996 95.9 14 April 1996 97.6 21 April 1996 100.0 28 April 1996 99.9 5 May 1996 94.5 12 May 1996 99.2 19 May 1996 100.0 26 May 1996 99.9 2 June 1996 99.7 9 June 1996 99.8 16 June 1996 99.6 23 June 1996 89.6 30 June 1996 99.9 7 July 1996 98.8 14 July 1996 100.0 21 July 1996 100.0 28 July 1996 100.0 4 August 1996 74.4 11 August 1996 100.0 18 August 1996 98.6 25 August 1996 99.8 1 September 1996 88.8 8 September 1996 98.6 15 September 1996 98.6 22 September 1996 99.9 29 September 1996 100.0 6 October 1996 99.3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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