(2) what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of children who are living in households below (i) 60 per cent., (ii) 50 per cent. and (iii) 40 per cent. of the median household income which are eligible for, but not in receipt of, child maintenance payments;
(3) how many households (a) where child maintenance is due but has not been paid and (b) where child maintenance arrears are owed, have incomes below (i) 60 per cent., (ii) 50 per cent. and (iii) 40 per cent. of the median household income.
The Family Resources Survey is used to identify households below the different poverty thresholds. However, it is not possible to identify those households eligible for child maintenance payments from the Family Resources Survey. Only those households where child maintenance is paid can be identified, and consequently the information requested is not available.