Child Maintenance Service
(asked on 18th October 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the £60.9 million of child maintenance due and paid through Collect & Pay in 2020-21 is (a) arrears repayments and (b) monthly standard liability.
The total amount of child maintenance paid each quarter through Child Maintenance Service Collect & Pay and of that, the total paid towards arrears, from April 2020 to March 2021, is shown in Table 1. It shows that of the £170.4 million paid, £35.6 million was paid towards arrears.
Table 1: The total amount of child maintenance paid each quarter through Child Maintenance Service Collect & Pay and of that, the total paid towards arrears, from April 2020 to March 2021.
Year | Quarter | Total Arrears Paid (£ millions) | Total Amount Paid (£ millions) |
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2020 | June | 8.7 | 41.7 |
| September | 8.0 | 41.1 |
| December | 8.7 | 42.2 |
2021 | March | 10.2 | 45.4 |
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| Total | 35.6 | 170.4 |
Source: Child Maintenance Group administrative data
Notes:
- Figures are rounded to the nearest £100,000.
- The figures provided are for child maintenance only and do not include fees for the use of the service.
- This calculation does not include unpaid child maintenance transferred to the CMS from the Child Support Agency.