Children: Maintenance
(asked on 15th December 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Child Support Agency has collected in current maintenance and arrears in each of the last four years for which figures are available; and what the total maintenance liabilities were in each such year.
The table below shows yearly figures for liability accrued and collections towards maintenance and arrears by the Child Support Agency.
Rolling 12 Months: | Liability Accrued (£m)1 | Maintenance Collected (£m) | Of which, Contribution towards Arrears (£m) |
March 20111 | - | £768.9 | £125.1 |
March 20121 | - | £790.8 | £118.4 |
March 2013 | £915.7 | £828.4 | £167.4 |
March 2014 | £942.4 | £849.0 | £155.8 |
Notes:
1. Annual liability is only available from March 2013 due to new methodology only being available from January 2012. Maintenance Collected and Contribution towards Arrears are based on old methodology for March 2011 and March 2012.