Written question asked by Lord Willetts (Conservative) on Wednesday, 9 May 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 11 May 2001. It was answered by Angela Eagle (Labour) on Friday, 11 May 2001 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.

Dept of Social Security

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many child support cases have been calculated using the new assessment procedure in the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999. - Includes figures.

Answer: Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many child support cases have been calculated using the new assessment procedure in the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999. [161049] Angela Eagle: Section 80 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 amended the Child Support Act 1991 to permit the Inland Revenue to disclose information on the earnings of self-employed non-resident parents to the Child Support Agency for the purposes of assessing child support liability. As at 16 March 2001 the Agency had contacted the Inland Revenue on 7,632 occasions for income details of self-employed non-resident parents.

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