Speeches

Stephen Lloyd – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Lloyd on 2014-06-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average amount of child maintenance arrears is owed to parents with care.

Steve Webb

As at March 2014, the average amount of child maintenance arrears owed to parents with care is £2,1461.

Notes

1. Arrears amounts are calculated on cases with a positive outstanding arrears value, against the 1993 and 2003 statutory maintenance schemes only, including cases managed off system.

The average amount of arrears owed to parents with care is calculated using the proportion of total arrears owed to parents with care and the proportion of cases where arrears are owed to parents with care, on the CSCS and CS2 computer systems only.