§ Ms LynneTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what are the figures for each month since the launch of the Child Support Agency of(a) the amount of child maintenance assessed by the Agency as payable and (b) the amount payable under arrangements carried over from before the launch of the agency; and how much of each amount was paid (i) directly to the parent with care and (ii) via the agency. [27947]
§ Mr. BurtThe administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the chief executive, Miss Ann Chant. She will write to the hon. Member shortly.
Letter from Miss Ann Chant to Ms Liz Lynne, dated 21 June 1995:
I am replying to your recent Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Social Security about maintenance assessed by the Child Support Agency.Monthly information in the form you request is only available for maintenance arising from CSA assessments in cases where the parents are using the Agency collection service. This is set out in the attached table.However, these figures do not show the whole picture, as they do not include maintenance paid direct between parents who do not use the Agency's collection service. Although this information is now being collected, figures are not available for 1993/94 or broken down on a monthly basis for 1994/95. We do however, estimate that between April 1994 and March 1995, around £111 million arising from CSA assessments was assessed as payable and actually paid in this way.The total maintenance assessed and paid arising from CSA assessments for the 1994/95 year was therefore £615.77 million and £185.24 million respectively.Comparable figures are not available for maintenance paid under pre-CSA arrangements, as in these cases it is only necessary for information to be collected on the amount of maintenance paid that offsets benefit spending.I hope this is helpful.252W
£ per week Standard rate of basic retirement pension for people under 80 Value at April 1995 prices Single1 Married couple2 Single1 Married couple2 November 1979 23.30 37.30 57.62 92.24 November 1980 27.15 43.45 58.22 93.18 November 1981 29.60 47.35 56.69 90.69 November 1982 32.85 52.55 59.21 94.72 November 1983 34.05 54.50 58.54 93.70 November 1984 35.80 57.30 58.65 93.87 November 1985 38.30 61.30 59.50 95.22 July 1986 38.70 61.95 59.13 94.66 April 1987 39.50 63.25 57.81 92.58 April 1988 41.15 65.90 57.95 92.81 April 1989 43.60 69.80 56.84 90.99 April 1990 46.90 75.10 55.86 89.45 April 1991 52.00 83.25 58.21 93.19
Annex A: Maintenance arising from CSA assessments £ million Assessed and scheduled for payment via agency collection service Paid via agency collection service Total 1993–94 107.54 12.57 April 1994 27.82 3.70 May 1994 30.43 4.04 June 1994 32.33 4.66 July 1994 43.31 4.80 August 1994 42.64 5.75 September 1994 47.41 6.10 October 1994 44.81 6.47 November 1994 45.95 7.03 December 1994 53.98 7.09 January 1995 43.56 7.85 February 1995 43.48 7.66 March 1995 49.05 9.09 Total 1994–95 504.77 74.24
§ Ms LynneTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many absent parents are making child support payments by way of deduction of earnings orders. [29521]
§ Mr. BurtThe administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the chief executive, Miss Ann Chant. She will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Miss Ann Chant to Ms Liz Lynne, dated 21 June 1995:
I am replying to your Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Social Security about the number of absent parents who are making child support payments via Deduction from Earnings Orders (DEO).Since launch to the end of March 1995, the Agency has issued over 34,000 DEOs Aggregated information is now available on the number of DEOs that have been honoured since 18 November 1994. Of the 15,600 DEOs issued from that date to the end of March 1995, payments have been received in relation to 5,800. Due to the processes involved in the implementation of a DEO, a number of the DEOs issued towards the end of 1994/95 would not have been implemented by employers before the end of March 1995.I hope this is helpful.