Peter Grant – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Peter Grant on 2016-06-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families have accessed support from the (a) Child Maintenance Service and (b) Child Support Agency in each (i) parliamentary constituency and (ii) local authority in each of the last three years.

Priti Patel

The attached excel file (PQ40836) provides the number of cases administered by the Child Support Agency (CSA) by (i) parliamentary constituency and (ii) local authority in each of the last three years.

With regard to cases administered by the Child Maintenance Service, the information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

Notes for the spreadsheet

1. Figures rounded to nearest 10

2. Figures are the number of live cases.

3. Figures are as at December 2013, 2014 and 2015