HC Deb 12 July 1994 vol 246 c584W
Rev. William McCrea

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in how many cases the Child Support Agency has used earnings deduction orders to obtain maintenance payments.

Mr. Ancram

Responsibility for the subject of this question has been delegated to the Child Support Agency under its chief executive, Patrick Devlin. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from Pat Devlin to Rev. William McCrea, dated 5 July 1994: The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has asked me to reply to your question about the number of cases where a Deduction from Earnings Order is used to obtain maintenance. Between April 1993 and 30 June 1994 Deductions from Earnings Orders were imposed in 297 cases. I hope you find this information useful.

Rev. William McCrea

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cases have been dealt with by the Child Support Agency in Northern Ireland.

Mr. Ancram

Responsibility for the subject of this question has been delegated to the Child Support Agency under its chief executive, Patrick Devlin. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from Pat Devlin to Rev. William McCrea, dated 5 July 1994: The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has asked me to reply to your question about the number of cases dealt with by the Child Support Agency in Northern Ireland. Between April 1993 and 1 July 1994 the Agency contacted 25,423 persons with care of children and in 16,990 cases application was returned. The Agency has cleared 14,121 cases in the same period. I hope you find this information useful.

Rev. William McCrea

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cases the Child Support Agency has pursued to date where there is a court agreement regarding maintenance in existence.

Mr. Ancram

Responsibility for the subject of this question has been delegated to the Child Support Agency under its chief executive, Patrick Devlin. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from Pat Devlin to Rev. William McCrea, dated 5 July 1994: The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has asked me to reply to your question about the number of cases the Child Support Agency has pursued to date where there is a court order agreement regarding maintenance in existence. Information on the number of cases assessed where there was a previous court agreement is not collected routinely and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. I hope you find this information useful.

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