Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many child maintenance service applications were made by (a) resident and (b) non-resident parents in (i) 2013-14, (ii) 2014-15, and (iii) 2015-16; and how many children were affected by such applications in each of those years.

Information on the total number of Child Maintenance Service applications made until August 2016 can be found on page 4 of the Child Maintenance Service Experimental Statistics. The publication can be accessed online at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/564183/child-maintenance-service-2012-scheme-aug-16.pdf

Information on whether an application was made by the resident or non-resident parents is not gathered routinely and can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.

The total number of children benefitting from the child maintenance service can be found on page 7 of the publication.

Note:

Figures on the children benefiting are based on cases that have contributed towards current liability in the quarter. This will be different from all applications since cases not contributing are not included.