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 Glasgow East constituency.

a) As at July 2017, there were 1,520 arrears only cases in the Glasgow East constituency held by the Child Support Agency.

b) As at July 2017, there were 160 arrears cases involving a current liability in the Glasgow East constituency held by the Child Support Agency.

Notes:

1) Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10.

2) Cases have been allocated to a Glasgow East parliamentary constituency by matching the residential postcode of the parent with care for all cases administered on the CS2 and CSCS computer systems, as well as 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.