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Dept of Social Security;Child Support Agency

Answer

Ms Lynne: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many child support assessments (a) were being processed, and (b) were outstanding for more than 26 weeks at the end of each month since April 1996. [21468] Mr. Andrew Mitchell: The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the chief executive, Miss Ann Chant CB. She will write to the hon. Member. Letter from Miss Ann Chant CB to Ms Liz Lynne, dated 21 March 1997: I am replying to your Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Social Security about Child Support Agency assessments. I am unable to provide you with precisely the information that you have requested. The Agency measures its performance on the clearance of assessments against its Secretary of State target for 60% of new maintenance applications to be cleared within 26 weeks, and as at 31 March 1997 no more than 10% of all maintenance applications received to be over 52 weeks old. The attached table gives details of the Agency's performance against this target, together with the number of cases being actioned at the end of each month from April 1996. I hope this is helpful. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of cases being actioned Percentage of maintenance Percentage of maintenance assessments cleared within 26 assessments over 52 weeks old weeks April 1996 422,454 53 15 May 1996 428,244 52 15 June 1996 435,603 51 16 July 1996 440,741 51 15 August 1996 449,852 51 15 September 1996 456,810 51 15 October 1996 456,590 51 15 November 1996 451,608 51 14 December 1996 441,784 51 14 January 1997 432,150 52 13 February 1997 418,369 53 13 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

21468; 292 c1015-6W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Children Child Support Agency Maintenance Standards

Contains statistics

Yes