Official Statistics

Separated families population statistics: April 2014 to March 2018 (experimental)

This is the latest release of annual statistics on separated families in Great Britain.

From:
Department for Work and Pensions
Published
26 March 2020

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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Estimates of the separated family population statistics: April 2014 to March 2018

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Details

The latest release of these statistics can be found in the collection of Separated families statistics.

These statistics provide estimates of the following for each year from 2014 to 2018:

  • the total number of separated families in Great Britain
  • the number of children in those families
  • the proportion of separated families with child maintenance arrangements of various types (the effectiveness of child maintenance arrangements is beyond the scope of these statistics)

The latest release also provides the following estimates for the first time:

  • breakdowns of the resident parent population by age and gender for the period 2015/16 to 2017/18
  • the total amount of child maintenance payments received by resident parents by arrangement type in 2017/2018
  • the impact of child maintenance payments on the number of children in low income households in 2017/2018, by family type

This release includes revisions to previously published statistics.

Published 26 March 2020

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