HC Deb 17 February 1998 vol 306 c616W
Mr. Duncan Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many payment accounts at the Child Support Agency collection service were(a) pre-CSA arrangements, and (b) CSA assessments, at the end of each month since April 1994. [30041]

Mr. Keith Bradley

The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is set out in the table.

Number of accounts from April 1995
Month 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98
April 175,113 209,134 258,126
May 177,048 211,670 262,151
June 179,893 213,744 266,451
July 182,058 215,736 271,467
August 188,477 219,979 277,079
September 192,528 222,104 278,722
October 196,670 224,913
November 201,142 227,373
December 202,762 230,316
January 205,193 233,707
February 207,640 236,460
March 207,465 239,284

Note:

The Child Support Agency's collection service holds accounts for cases where there is a child support assessment, there are no accounts for pre-CSA arrangements.

Mr. Duncan Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security in what proportion of cases where a parent with care is on income support a benefit saving arises due to(a) a pre-CSA child maintenance agreement, and (b) a CSA assessment. [30040]

Mr. Keith Bradley

The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is that 80,000 people in receipt of Income Support1 also receive maintenance from liable relatives.

1 This figure does not include those parents with care who have arrangements whereby their maintenance is retained by the Secretary of State and they receive full Income Support.

Source:

Income Support Statistics Quarterly August 1996.