§ Mr. Duncan SmithTo 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 BradleyThe 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 SmithTo 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 BradleyThe 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.