Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of and how many Child Support Agency cases being dealt with by that Agency's legal enforcement teams concern non-resident parents who are (a) self-employed, (b) self-employed with a company and (c) otherwise self-employed.

There are 51,500 live cases in legal enforcement, of which the non-resident parent is self employed in 28,400 (55.2%) cases.

Information on non-residents parents who own a company is not routinely recorded for management information purposes and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Notes

1. Employment information is unavailable for cases managed off system and for some arrears only cases.

2. Figures rounded to the nearest 100.