Children: Maintenance
Commons · Question 13285 · Tabled 8 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 13 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Charlotte Nichols
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the number of people eligible for child maintenance who are not claiming it.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 13 Nov 2024
It is estimated that at the financial year ending 2023, there are 2.4 million separated families in Great Britain and 3.8 million children in those families. 41% of these did not have either a statutory arrangement with the Child Maintenance Service or a ...