Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to release information on the 2012 statutory child maintenance scheme by (a) geographical area and (b) parliamentary constituency.

We are not yet in a position to release breakdowns by geographical area and parliamentary constituency on the 2012 Scheme, administered by the Child Maintenance Service. At present this information can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.

When data become available and fully quality assured they will be released as part of a managed process, which will be pre-announced and in line with the Code of Practice for Official statistics.