Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in cash terms has been written off in Child Support Agency schemes arrears in each of the last 10 years.

As write off of Child Support Agency schemes arrears began in April 2012, there is not yet 10 years of data available.

Between April 2012 and March 2013 £1,133,000 was written off in Child Support Agency arrears.

The amount written off in Child Support Agency arrears has been published for each year since April 2013 - March 2014 as part of the Child Maintenance: Client Fund Accounts which can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-maintenance-client-funds-accounts