§ Mr. Goodman:To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what targets Child Support Agency staff have for the transfer of old CSA cases to the new scheme. [140877]
§ Mr. Pond:There are no Public Service Agreement or Secretary of State's operational performance targets for the transfer of old cases to the new scheme. We will make a decision on the transfer of old scheme cases only once we are sure that the new scheme is working well.
§ Mr. Goodman:To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will put inactive Child Support Agency cases waiting to be transferred from the old to the new scheme into abeyance; and if he will make a statement. [140901]
§ Mr. Pond:Plans for transferring the old scheme caseload to the new scheme have yet to be finalised.
§ Mr. Goodman:To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the mechanisms for phasing in child support payments by people who transfer to the new scheme. [140903]
§ Mr. Pond:To give parents who have existing child support assessments time to adjust to the new amounts, child support liability will be phased over a period of five years and in stages of £2.50, £5 or £10, depending on the non-resident parent's net weekly income.