Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) parents with care and (b) children are registered with the child maintenance service in (i) Motherwell and Wishaw constituency, (ii) North Lanarkshire, and (iii) Scotland.
The number of Receiving Parents using the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) and the number of associated children subject to a CMS arrangement, in Motherwell and Wishaw constituency, North Lanarkshire and Scotland in March 2020 are given in the following table:
Number of Receiving Parents using the Child Maintenance Service and the number of associated children, March 2020
| Receiving Parents | Children |
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Scotland | 36,500 | 52,500 |
North Lanarkshire | 2,700 | 3,900 |
Motherwell and Wishaw | 700 | 1,100 |
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Source: Child Maintenance Group administrative data
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