Steve Webb corrected the Commons record on Children: Maintenance

9 January 2014 · Commons Hansard, Written Corrections · Work and Pensions

Steve Webb made the correction and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 9 January 2014. The correction replaced 2 figures (£485 million, £527 million) with 2 figures (£484.5 million, £513.2 million). Altogether 10 words differ between the two versions.

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A significant amount of work has been undertaken since 2010-11 to reduce the costs of operating the child maintenance systems: cost per £1 of child maintenance collected and arranged has fallen from 39 pence in 2010-11 to around 35 pence in 2011-12. The statutory cost of each child benefiting has fallen from £488 in 2010-11 to £425 in 2011-12. The net cost of administering child support on a comparable basis has fallen from ~~£527~~ million in 2010-11 to ~~£485~~ million in 2011-12. These figures are available in the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12, which can be found via the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/221408/cmec-report-and-accounts-11-12.pdf ~~The correct answer should have been:~~	A significant amount of work has been undertaken since 2010-11 to reduce the costs of operating the child maintenance systems: cost per £1 of child maintenance collected and arranged has fallen from 39 pence in 2010-11 to around 35 pence in 2011-12. The statutory cost of each child benefiting has fallen from £488 in 2010-11 to £425 in 2011-12. The net cost of administering child support on a comparable basis has fallen from £513.2 million in 2010-11 to £484.5 million in 2011-12. These figures are available in the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12, which can be found via the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/221408/cmec-report-and-accounts-11-12.pdf

Original

Corrected

A significant amount of work has been undertaken since 2010-11 to reduce the costs of operating the child maintenance systems:
cost per £1 of child maintenance collected and arranged has fallen from 39 pence in 2010-11 to around 35 pence in 2011-12.
The statutory cost of each child benefiting has fallen from £488 in 2010-11 to £425 in 2011-12.
The net cost of administering child support on a comparable basis has fallen from ~~£527~~ million in 2010-11 to ~~£485~~ million in 2011-12.
These figures are available in the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12, which can be found via the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/221408/cmec-report-and-accounts-11-12.pdf
~~The correct answer should have been:~~

A significant amount of work has been undertaken since 2010-11 to reduce the costs of operating the child maintenance systems:
cost per £1 of child maintenance collected and arranged has fallen from 39 pence in 2010-11 to around 35 pence in 2011-12.
The statutory cost of each child benefiting has fallen from £488 in 2010-11 to £425 in 2011-12.
The net cost of administering child support on a comparable basis has fallen from £513.2 million in 2010-11 to £484.5 million in 2011-12.
These figures are available in the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12, which can be found via the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/221408/cmec-report-and-accounts-11-12.pdf

The correction in Hansard.

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Date read	15 October 2026
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