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62766

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many Child Support Agency cases there are (a) non-resident parents with a nil liability at present but at least one child of qualifying age and (b) non-resident parents with a zero assessment because a case has been cancelled or withdrawn or there are no children of qualifying age remaining on the case in (i) Scotland, (ii) England, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	201264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Child Support Agency (CSA) administers the 1993 and 2003 Statutory Child Maintenance Schemes in Great Britain.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Of the total CSA Caseload, the number of cases in which the non-resident parent has either a nil liability at present but at least one child of qualifying age (No Current Liability) or a zero assessment because a case has been cancelled or withdrawn or there are no children of qualifying age remaining on the case (No Ongoing Liability) is shown in the table below, as at March 2014:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(a) No Current Liability</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(b) No Ongoing Liability</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p>32,200</p></td><td><p>88,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p>287,300</p></td><td><p>822,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p>22,200</p></td><td><p>61,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>1,200</p></td><td><p>186,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Overall</strong></p></td><td><p>343,800</p></td><td><p>1,159,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes:</p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Northern Ireland cases include cases managed by the CSA in Great Britain where the Parent with Care lives in Northern Ireland. This does not include cases managed by the Northern Ireland Child Maintenance Enforcement Division (CMED).</li><li>Cases included in the ‘Other' category are cases where either the Parent with Care has moved abroad, or where the area of the Parent with Care is Unknown.</li><li>Figures rounded to the nearest 100. Breakdowns may not sum to overall figures due to rounding.</li><li>Figures are broken down from the No Liability cases published on page 58 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-statistics-march-2014" target="_blank">Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics</a>.</li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 24/06/2014 15:49:17 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

62768

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the total Child Support Agency arrears owed to parents with care is regarded as (a) potentially collectable and (b) likely to be collected in the next three years in (i) Scotland, (ii) England, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	201265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The proportion of child maintenance arrears owed to parents with care that is potentially collectable and likely to be collected is shown in the table below, as at March 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland does not fall within the jurisdiction of the Great Britain Child Support Agency.</p><p> </p><p>Collectability analysis looks at the likelihood of arrears being collected and does not include a timeframe for collections.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total Potentially or Likely to be Collected</p></td><td><p>Potentially Collectable</p></td><td><p>Likely Collectable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Geographical breakdowns are based on the location of the non resident parent in each case.</p><p> </p><p>2. Collectability breakdowns as published in the Client Fund Accounts include an estimate for collections from future legal activity. As this has not yet occurred then it cannot be allocated to geographical areas so is not included in the figures above.</p><p> </p><p>3. Proportions have been calculated using CS2 and CSCS cases only and excludes cases administered off system.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 24/06/2014 15:36:44 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

62770

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what timetable he has set for the closure of Child Support Agency cases which do not form part of the Agency's current live caseload.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	201266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department is prioritising the closure over the next three years of cases with an ongoing child maintenance liability, and taking steps to minimise disruption as far as possible for parents who wish the statutory service to continue collecting maintenance on their behalf. Plans for handling cases where there is no ongoing liability, but arrears are owed, are still under consideration. Where there is a link between one of these arrears only cases, and an application to the 2012 scheme, action will be taken to bring that arrears only case up-to-date, before moving it across to the Child Maintenance Service.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 201263 question first answered 24/06/2014 12:53:18 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

62772

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of outstanding child maintenance arrears currently owed by non-resident parents with a weekly assessment value set at zero are owed (a) by non-resident parents with a current nil liability but at least one child of qualifying age and (b) by non-resident parents with a zero assessment because a case has been cancelled or withdrawn, or there are no children of qualifying age remaining on the case in (i) Scotland, (ii) England, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	201262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Child Support Agency (CSA) administers the 1993 and 2003 Statutory Child Maintenance Schemes in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of outstanding arrears owed by non-resident parents with no assessment value makes up 72.9% of the total value of arrears.</p><p> </p><p>The table below is the proportion of outstanding arrears owed by non-resident parents with no assessment value, broken down into cases in which the non-resident parent has either a nil liability at present but at least one child of qualifying age (No current liability) or a zero assessment because a case has been cancelled or withdrawn or there are no children of qualifying age remaining on the case (No ongoing liability). Data is as at March 2014:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>(a) No Current Liability </strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>(b) No Ongoing Liability</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Proportion of Arrears</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of Arrears</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>6.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p>11.2%</p></td><td><p>69.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td><td><p>4.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>0.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>0.0%</p></td><td><p>6.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Overall</strong></p></td><td><p>13.2%</p></td><td><p>86.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Northern Ireland cases include cases managed by the CSA in Great Britain where the Parent with Care lives in Northern Ireland. This does not include cases managed by the Northern Ireland Child Maintenance Enforcement Division (CMED).</li><li>Cases included in the ‘Other' category are cases where either the Parent with Care has moved abroad, or where the area of the Parent with Care is Unknown.</li><li>Proportion of Arrears are based on the overall amount of arrears owed by cases with no assessment value in the Outstanding Arrears tables on page's 36 and 37 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-statistics-march-2014" target="_blank">Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics</a></li></ol> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 24/06/2014 16:21:17 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

62775

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what arrears validation processes are carried out on Child Support Agency cases which do not form part of the caseload before those arrears are transferred to the Child Maintenance Service for collection.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	201263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department is prioritising the closure over the next three years of cases with an ongoing child maintenance liability, and taking steps to minimise disruption as far as possible for parents who wish the statutory service to continue collecting maintenance on their behalf. Plans for handling cases where there is no ongoing liability, but arrears are owed, are still under consideration. Where there is a link between one of these arrears only cases, and an application to the 2012 scheme, action will be taken to bring that arrears only case up-to-date, before moving it across to the Child Maintenance Service.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 201266 question first answered 24/06/2014 12:53:18 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash