Children: Maintenance
(asked on 9th July 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of paying parents using the Child Maintenance Service are (a) in employment and (b) not in employment.
This question was answered on 12th July 2018
The following table shows the volumes and proportions of paying parents on the Child Maintenance Service schemes in March 2018 that are employed, unemployed, or with an unknown employment status at the point of application.
Employment Status | Volume | Proportion |
Employed | 297,400 | 76.5% |
Unemployed | 16,500 | 4.0% |
Unknown | 75,700 | 19.5% |
Total | 389,600 | 100% |