§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the total savings to the social security budget, for the past five years, resulting from maintenance paid to families through the Child Support Agency. [71099]
§ Angela EagleThe information is in the table.
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A breakdown of total savings to the Social Security budget from maintenance paid through the Child Support Agency £ million Year Benefit savings 1993–94 418 1994–95 479 1995–96 493 1996–97 469 1997–98 464 1998–991 314 Total 2,637 >1up to 31 December 1998 Note:
The figures include maintenance, collected or arranged which directly offsets benefit expenditure, together with estimated savings where a claim for Income Support ceases as a result of action by the Agency.