Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) liability and (b) deduction from earnings orders have been issued in the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency in each year for which information is available.

This question had been interpreted as relating to actions taken by the Child Maintenance Service.

The information requested regarding liability orders is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

The exact information requested regarding deduction from earning orders issued is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. However, you may find the following table useful: this provides the number of paying parents on the Child Maintenance Service Collect & Pay service who, at the end of each calendar quarter:

• were paying Child Maintenance via a Deduction from Earnings order; and
• had an address in the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency.

Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5.