Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Support Agency (a) arrears-only and (b) arrears cases involving a current liability for a child there are in Inverclyde constituency.

As at June 2016, there were 1270 arrears only cases and 350 arrears cases involving a current liability in the Inverclyde constituency, held by the Child Support Agency.

Notes:

1) Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10.

2) Cases have been allocated to a parliamentary constituency by matching the residential postcode of the parent with care or non-resident parent for all cases administered on the CS2 and CSCS computer systems and cases managed off system to the Office for National Statistics Postcode Directory.

3) A case is classed as having a ‘Current Liability’ if it is open, has children of a qualifying age and has a positive liability (i.e. assessment to pay maintenance). This includes cases due to pay via Maintenance Direct.