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DWP release figures for child maintenance arrangements made after speaking to Child Maintenance Options<\/p>\n

The Department for Work and Pensions has released statistics<\/strong><\/a><\/strong> for the three months up to the end of September 2017 concerning child maintenance arrangements made after speaking to Child Maintenance Options.<\/p>\n

Out of the 55,900 parents that had contact with Child Maintenance Options between May and July 2017, 75% had a child maintenance arrangement at the time of surveying. That is 41,800 child maintenance arrangements.<\/p>\n

17% of parents who contacted Child Maintenance Options setup a family-based arrangement. 8% of parents already had a family-based arrangement before they contacted Options giving a total of 25% of parents that have family-based arrangements.<\/p>\n

50% of parents who contacted Child Maintenance Options now have an arrangement with the Child Maintenance Service. 43% of all parents set up their arrangement with the Child Maintenance Service after speaking to Options and 7% already had their arrangement in place before they called Options between May and July 2017.<\/p>\n

24% of parents had not agreed a child maintenance arrangement after contacting Options.<\/p>\n

73% of parents with previous CSA cases who contacted Child Maintenance Options created a new child maintenance arrangement with the Child Maintenance Service. This is a statistically significant difference from the 45% of parents who do not have previous involvement with the CSA.<\/p>\n

The remaining parents with previous CSA cases who contacted Child Maintenance Options made a Family-based arrangement or did not set up a child maintenance arrangement. Only 13% of former CSA clients did not set up an arrangement, compared with 27% of other clients. This is another statistically significant difference.<\/p>\n

85% of parents with a family-based arrangement said it worked well. For those with family-based arrangements that consist of regular payments:<\/p>\n