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Child Support Agency statistics

Experimental statistics on the Child Support Agency's 1993 and 2003 statutory child maintenance schemes and CSA case closures.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for the child maintenance system in Great Britain. It funds information and support for separating parents and runs the statutory child maintenance schemes, currently operated through the Child Support Agency (CSA) and the Child Maintenance Service (CMS).

There is contact information and more about DWP statistics on the Statistics at DWP page.

Final release of quarterly summary statistics

The is the final release of the CSA quarterly summary statistics (QSS).

After this release, the following CSA statistics will transfer from the QSS and be published alongside the CMS quarterly statistics instead:

  • Table 8.1 (Collections and write-off on CSA arrears only case groups)
  • Table 8.2 (Methods of debt collection for CSA arrears only case groups)

These tables relate to CSA debt that has now been transferred to the CMS for collection.

Background information and methodology

Quarterly summary statistics: policies and methodology

We’ve published details of our policies and methodology related to the CSA QSS for pre-December 2013 and post December 2013 separately below.

In December 2013 some of the methodologies used to produce the CSA QSS changed.

Quarterly summary statistics: consultations

Case closure statistics

This statistical series has ended – the final edition was published on 13 March 2019.

Previous quarterly summary statistics

Child Support Agency statistics: publication strategy

2012 child maintenance scheme statistics

Experimental Statistics on the 2012 scheme are published separately.

The publication below provides details on the strategy for the publication of information about the 2012 scheme.