Shared Care Arrangements as per CSA Computer System

UK Social Security System
Equal Treatment Directive 79/7
Benefits paid to parents of dependents
(unfinished fathercare.org webpage)

Shared Care Arrangements as per CSA Computer System

UK Shared Care Arrangements as per Child Support Computer System
					(data as at 28 Feb 2001)

Number of mothers and fathers whose details are recorded on CSA Computer System:

	Total	Males	Females			No data
PCW	1,050,100	61900	988200			190800
NRP	1,036,000	973000	63000			209500

Number of Non-resident Parent’s (NRP’s) that are subject to a reduced assessment due to having care of children for more than 102 nights a year:

Total	83,000		8.01	% of "NRP" parents have care for 2 days plus p. week
Fathers	75,100		7.72	% of "NRP" fathers have 2 days plus care per week
Mothers	6,500		10.32	% of "NRP"mothers have 2 days plus care per week
no data	1,400		1.69	% no data on "NRP" parent with 2 days plus care p.w.

Ratio of father to mothers in the class of NRPs having care for at least 2 nights per week		11.55	=> 11.5 times as many fathers as there are mothers in this class



Number of nights the Non Resident Parents have care of child is as follows:

	2 Nights	3 Nights	4 Nights	5 Nights	Total
Male	56,300	18,300	400	100	75,100
Female	4,800	1,600	0	0	6,500
No Data	100	300	100	0	1,400
Total	62,200	20,300	500	100	83,000
	74.9%	24.9%	0.5%



Total (83,000) broken-down by employment/benefit status:

JSA(IB)	IS	S/E	Employed	JSA(C)	In/Dis	Other	No Data	Total
4,900	7,800	500	53,400	1,600	2,400	6,200	1,400	83,000


TO DO:		<= break down by gender this class of 83,000 parents,
		and calculate the percentage of shared care in each of the employment/benefit sub categories.



		Read further Analysis



































Total (83,000) broken-down by age

Under 20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	60-65	Over 65	No Data	Total
200	13,700	39,100	23,300	4,700	400	200	1,400	83,000