Mary Glindon – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Glindon on 2016-01-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 136 of his Department’s Annual Report and Accounts, if he will publish a breakdown of the full cost figure for the application and collection fees from the 2012 Child Maintenance statutory scheme in 2014-15.

Priti Patel

The full cost of the 2012 statutory maintenance scheme for the financial year 2014/15 is shown on Page 136 of the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts as £49.432m which comprises:

£46.1m of staff costs on all aspects of the 2012 scheme.

£3.332m of goods and service expenditure.