Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many parents with care who have child maintenance arrears but who are not receiving ongoing maintenance through the Child Support Agency have been contacted by his Department since the Child Support Management of Payments and Arrears (Amendment) Regulations 2012 came into effect to be asked whether they wish the Agency to continue pursuing those arrears.
Information on the number of cases that have been contacted by the Department regarding the pursuit of arrears is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.