Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) parents with care commitments and (b) non-resident parents have (i) registered with the Child Maintenance Service since 30 June 2014 and (ii) chosen to use the new Collect and Pay service since 11 August 2014.

Information on the number of new applications received to the 2012 statutory scheme is available in Table 1, on page 7, of the Experimental Official Statistics on the 2012 Scheme administered by the Child Maintenance Service available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/359363/2012-child-maintenance-scheme-experimental-statistics-september-2014.pdf.

Information on the chosen method of payment of those who are due to pay maintenance is available in Table 3 on page 9 of the above link.