Official Statistics

Separated families statistics: April 2014 to March 2020 (experimental)

Estimates relating to separated families and their child maintenance arrangements.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 25 March 2021

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The latest release of these statistics can be found in the collection of separated families statistics.

These statistics provide estimates of the following:

• the number of separated families in Great Britain and the number of children in those families
• the proportion of separated families with a child maintenance arrangement and whether this is statutory or non-statutory
• the total amount of child maintenance received by Parents With Care, by arrangement type
• the net impact of child maintenance payments on the number of children in low income households
• breakdowns of the Parents With Care Population by age and gender

In addition, the latest release provides the following estimates for the first time:

• the position of parents in separated families in the income distribution (and where they would be had they not paid or received child maintenance)
• breakdowns of the Non-Resident Parent population by age and gender

Published 25 March 2021