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Written question asked by Angela Crawley (Scottish National Party) on Tuesday, 21 May 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 23 May 2019. It was answered by Will Quince (Conservative) on Wednesday, 29 May 2019 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Children: Maintenance

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many consolatory payments have been made by the Child Maintenance Service in each of the last three years.

Answer

Child Maintenance Group (CMG) have only recorded Compensation Payment details for CMS separately since 2017/18, so we are unable to identify CMS only costs prior to that financial year.

For 2017/18 and 2018/19 the CMS figures are as follows:

2017-18

2018-19

Consolatory Payments

£72,099

£79,556

However the data for the volume of consolatory payments is not routinely recorded.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
257080
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Children Maladministration Maintenance Payments Child Maintenance Service
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk