Deduction from Earnings Orders - CMEC statistics show continued rise in maintenance payments

Written by Ian Congreave - Filed under: Court Orders, Statutory and Other Payments and Deductions on November 4th, 2009

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Figures issued by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC) show that, by the end of September 2009, over 797,000 children were benefiting from child maintenance. It is now a year since CMEC took over responsibility for the Child Support Agency. The latest figures also show that

the CSA collected or arranged £1,131 million in child maintenance in the year ending September 2009
£152m arrears have been collected since September 2008
by the end of September 2009, in 73% of cases where a liability to pay maintenance exists, non-resident parents met their obligation to make a payment via the CSA or through a (voluntary) Maintenance Direct arrangement
in the 12 months to July 2009, 116,000 new enforcement actions were taken including 63,405 new Deduction from Earnings Orders.

Further information:

Child Support Agency progress marks first year under Commission