The administration of the Child Support Agency is a matter for the chief executive. He will write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Stephen Geraghty, dated 18 September 2007:
In reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the Child Support Agency, the Secretary of State promised a substantive reply from the Chief Executive.
You asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-resident parents for whom the Child Support Agency is seeking to collect maintenance have arrears of over (a) £100,000 (b) £50,000 (c) £25,000 (d) £20,000 (e) £15,000 (f) £10,000 (g) £5,000 and (h) £1,000 and if he will make a statement [146174].
The information requested is provided in the attached table.
I hope you find this answer helpful.
Amount of arrears Number of NRP’s Up to £1,000 480,390 £1,001 to £5,000 232,810 £5,001 to £10,001 76,660 £10,001 to £15,000 33,110 £15,001 to £20,000 18,790 £20,001 to £25,000 11,370 £25,001 to £50,000 22,760 £50,001 to £100,000 5,320 Over £100,000 120 Notes: 1. The information provided is for all individual non-resident parents (NRP’s) at June 2007. Where a NRP is involved in more than one case, their total debt has been used. 2. The table above includes those old-scheme cases with either a full maintenance assessment or an interim maintenance assessment; plus those new-scheme cases with either a full maintenance calculation, or a default maintenance decision. 3. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.