HC Deb 06 July 1998 vol 315 cc402-3W
23. Dr. Starkey

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what assessment the Government have made of the need to reform the current system of child support. [47493]

28. Mr. Stringer

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if she will make a statement on the Government's proposals to reform child support. [47498]

Mr. Keith Bradley

I refer my hon. Friends to the statement made earlier today by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Ms Beverley Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what proportion of non-resident parents with a child support assessment are not paying maintenance. [48827]

Mr. Keith Bradley

Of the 740,000 non-resident parents assessed by the Child Support Agency, more than half are not paying any maintenance.