Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average amount of child maintenance arrears is owed to parents with care.

As at March 2014, the average amount of child maintenance arrears owed to parents with care is £2,146¹.

Notes

1. Arrears amounts are calculated on cases with a positive outstanding arrears value, against the 1993 and 2003 statutory maintenance schemes only, including cases managed off system.

The average amount of arrears owed to parents with care is calculated using the proportion of total arrears owed to parents with care and the proportion of cases where arrears are owed to parents with care, on the CSCS and CS2 computer systems only.