Official Statistics

Separated families statistics: April 2014 to March 2023

Official statistics on separated families and their child maintenance arrangements. These statistics also include additional tables on poverty and incomes by child maintenance arrangement type.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 21 March 2024
• Last updated: 21 May 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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Separated families statistics: April 2014 to March 2023

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78659-636-9

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Due to a data error discovered during the production of the financial year ending 2024 publication, these tables should no longer be used. Revised data for the financial year ending 2023 has been included in the Separated families statistics: April 2014 to March 2024 publication.

These statistics provide estimates of the following:

• the number of separated families in Great Britain and the number of children in those families
• the proportion of separated families with a child maintenance arrangement and whether this arrangement is statutory or non-statutory
• the total amount of child maintenance received by parents with care, by arrangement type
• the net impact of child maintenance payments on the number of children in low-income households
• characteristics of separated parents and the impacts of child maintenance payments on where their households are represented in the income distribution

This release includes the following additional details on households in low income and incomes, by child maintenance arrangement type:

• the net impact of child maintenance payments on the number of children living in low income
• the percentage of children in parent with care households who remain in low income after child maintenance
• the position of separated parent households in the Great Britain income distribution

Published 21 March 2024

Last updated 21 May 2025 + show all updates

1. 21 May 2025

   Added note to say that due to a data error discovered during the production of the financial year ending 2024 publication, the "Separated family statistics: April 2014 to March 2023" data tables should no longer be used. Revised data for the financial year ending 2023 has been included in the "Separated families statistics: April 2014 to March 2024" publication.

2. 21 March 2024

   First published.