Children: Maintenance

(asked on 5th July 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families accessed support from the Child Support Agency in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) the North West and (c) the UK in (i) 2011 and (ii) 2012.


Answered by
Justin Tomlinson Portrait
Justin Tomlinson
This question was answered on 11th July 2016

We do not have information on the number of families who accessed support. Information has been provided in the table on the caseload at the end of the year, which will differ from the number of families supported as cases may be linked to the same family.



Dec-11


Dec-12


St Helens Constituency


2,630


2,600


North West


155,400


149,400


UK


1,140,500


1,154,000

Notes:

  • Figures rounded to the nearest 10 for St Helen’s constituency and nearest 100 for the North West and UK.
  • Figures are the number of live and assessed cases.
  • Figures are as at December 2011 and 2012.
  • The methodology for estimating the overall caseload changed in December 2013 and information after this date will not be comparable.
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