56 per cent of separated families in Great Britain have a child maintenance arrangement
In the latest financial year ending 2020 it is estimated that there were 2.4 million separated families in Great Britain including 3.6 million children in separated families. Of these separated families 56 per cent had a child maintenance arrangement.
In the latest three-year period covering financial years ending 2018 to 2020, it is estimated that:
- Parents With Care in separated families received a total of £2.3 billion annually in child maintenance payments.
- 89 per cent of Parents With Care were female and under the age of 50.
- 86 per cent of Non-Resident Parents were male and 80 per cent were under the age of 50
- Child maintenance payments reduced the number of children living in low income households annually – as a result of such payments 60,000 children were moved out of absolute low income on a Before Housing Costs (BHC) basis, and 120,000 children on an After Housing Costs (AHC) basis.
- 3 per cent of Parents With Care moved out of the lowest 20 per cent of the income distribution due to receiving child maintenance AHC, this is 2 per cent BHC.
- 4 per cent of Non-Resident Parents moved out of the highest 20 per cent of the income distribution due to paying child maintenance AHC, this is 4 per cent BHC.
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29/3/21