DWP reports on progress with Child Support Agency case closure programme
CSA caseload has reduced from 1.5 million to 1.1 million cases
Following the DWP's launch of the Child Maintenance Service, which replaced the Child Support Agency (CSA), from June 2014 CSA clients are being told that their current CSA case will close. The DWP has published latest figures showing the progress of CSA case closure as at September 2016.
The latest statistics show that:
- 84% of cases with a CSA liability have started the case closure process.
- 39% of selected cases have completed case closure.
- 487,000 cases (75% of cases selected) have had their CSA liability ended.
- 17% of cases where liability has ended via Case Closure now have applied to the Child Maintenance Service.
- The CSA caseload has reduced from 1.5 million to 1.1 million cases.
For the full statistics, click here.
9/2/17