Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families in the North East received child maintenance through the (a) Child Support Agency and (b) Child Maintenance Service in 2015-16; and how many of those families were (i) single-parent families, (ii) low-income families, (iii) survivors of domestic violence and (iv) workless households.

a) Child Support Agency

We are unable to give a figure on how many total cases have received a payment in 2015-16 via the Child Support Agency as this is not routinely recorded for management information purposes and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. However we can provide a position at the beginning and end of the year 2015-16.

As at March 2015 there were 75,500 live cases being managed by the Child Support Agency in the North East.

As at March 2016 there were 69,100 live cases being managed by the Child Support Agency in the North East.

Further breakdowns for single parent families, low income families, survivors of domestic families and workless families are not routinely recorded for management information purposes and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

b) Child Maintenance Service

We are not yet in a position to release geographical breakdowns on the 2012 Scheme, administered by the Child Maintenance Service, but when data become available and fully quality 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.

Notes:

1- Figures rounded to nearest 100.