Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many unresolved Child Support Agency, Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission and Child Maintenance Service cases have been closed or are inactive, without a request from the claimant.

There are currently three statutory maintenance schemes. The 1993 and 2003 schemes are delivered by the Child Support Agency and the 2012 Scheme is delivered by the Child Maintenance Service.

For cases administered by the Child Support Agency, information on the reasons for cases closing following calculation is available on page 51 of the Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics which is available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/347753/csa_qtr_summ_stats_jun14i.pdf

We are not yet in a position to release full statistics for the 2012 Scheme, administered by the Child Maintenance Service. When system data becomes available and fully assured they will be released as part of a managed process, which will be pre-announced and in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.