Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much child maintenance debt was collected in each of the last three years (a) as a total amount in pounds and (b) as a proportion of the total amount owed.

Information relating to your request can be derived from Table 9 in the Child Maintenance Service Statistics which is available at:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/742803/tables-child-maintenance-service-august-2013-to-june-2018.ods

It should be noted that the data does not distinguish between payments made in relation to accrued debt and those made in relation to ongoing maintenance. Further guidance for users of the Child Maintenance Service Statistics is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-maintenance-service-2012-scheme-experimental-statistics-background-information-and-methodology