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Dept of Social Security;Child Support Agency

Answer

Mr. Walden: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the average weekly maintenance payment via the Child Support Agency collection service for cases which are (a) fully compliant and (b) partially compliant, indicating separately type A interim assessments and full maintenance assessments. [6241] Mr. Mitchell: The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the chief executive, Miss Ann Chant. She will write to the hon. Member. Letter from Ann Chant to Mr. George Walden, dated 9 January 1996: I am replying to your Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Social Security about maintenance payments to the Child Support Agency. You asked about the weekly maintenance in cases which are fully and partially paid. Whilst specific information on these cases is not available, the average amount of maintenance assessment in cases with an interim assessment is £95.29 and with a full maintenance assessment, when the absent parent has earned income, the figure is £39.69. The breakdown of cases is shown on the attached table. I hope this is helpful. Cases using the CSA collection service _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of cases involving type A interim Number of cases involving full maintenance maintenance assessments assessments Fully paid{1} 6,826 42,280 Partially paid{2} 16,521 74,601 Not paid 58,961 12,473 Total 82,308 129,354 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Full compliance--no payments outstanding. {2} Partial compliance--at least one payment received in the last thirteen weeks.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

6241; 269 c263-4W

Session

1995-96

Subjects

Children Child Support Agency Maintenance

Contains statistics

Yes