Speeches

Steve McCabe – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2016-05-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many closed Child Support Agency cases with child maintenance arrears have been referred for arrears (a) cleansing and (b) validation between January and March 2016.

Priti Patel

(a) The table below shows the number of cases referred for arrears cleansing in each month from January 2016 until March 2016.

Month

Jan-16

Feb-16

Mar-16

Number of cases referred for arrears cleansing

32,720

38,600

29,820

Notes

  1. Figures rounded to the nearest 10.

(b) There is no set separate validation procedure; it forms part of the cleansing process.