The administration of the Child Support Agency is the matter for the Chief Executive. He will write to the hon. Member with the information requested.
Letter from Stephen Geraghty, dated 12 March 2008:
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, what the running costs of the Child Support Agency were in each of the last 10 years. [185127]
The information requested is provided in the attached table.
I hope you find this answer helpful.
Financial year £ million 1997-98 225.9 1998-99 231.2 1999-2000 266.7 2000-01 298.3 2001-02 361.9 2002-03 428.9 2003-04 451.6 2004-05 425.6 2005-06 465.2 2006-07 520.3 Notes: 1. All information from the 2005-06 and earlier years is sourced from the Child Support Agency Annual Report and Accounts. 2. In 2005-06 following National Audit Office advice the agency’s accounting, boundaries were changed resulting in the inclusion of Child Support Reform Programme costs in the Agency’s Annual Accounts. The 2005-06 accounts and the 2004-05 comparatives were changed accordingly. In line with this policy the table includes Child Support Reform costs from 1999-2000 onwards. 3. 2005-06 and 2006-07 includes investment for the Operational Improvement Plan.