The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission, which is responsible for the functions of the Child Support Agency (CSA), has published the latest statistics on CSA operations. The CSA is responsible for tracing non-resident parents, working out how much child maintenance they should pay and collecting and enforcing payments.
The figures show that:
- At the end of March 2012, the CSA live and assessed caseload stood at 1.13 million.
- In the quarter ending March 2012, 79.7% of all cases in which maintenance was due had either received maintenance via the CSA collection service, or had a maintenance direct arrangement in place.
- In the three months to March 2012, maintenance had been collected or arranged by the CSA via the statutory maintenance service on behalf of 899,700 children.
- In the quarter to March 2012, the CSA collected or arranged £300.7 million in child maintenance (regular and arrears), of which £28.6 million was arrears. In the year to March 2012, the CSA collected or arranged £1,186.6 million in child maintenance (regular and arrears), of which £118.5 million was arrears.
