Administered items Child Support Effectiveness—Adequacy
Total amount of child support transferred between parents and average value of child support liability
Amount transferreda $1.94 billion, including $1.27 billion in child support payments transferred directly, and $672 million in child support liabilities collected by CSA.
Average annual liability Stage 1 cases $2739
Cases assessed under child support formula: $3421
a. For an explanation of the significant increase in reported transfers in 2002–03, see the CSA Performance Summary-Challenge 3 above.
Effectiveness—Independence
Child support collection rate (CSA collect and private collect)
The collection rate is calculated by measuring dollars collected as a percentage of liabilities raised since the Child Support Scheme began in 1998.
Total collection (including private transfers)—94.1 per cent
CSA collection (where CSA collects the liability)—88.7 per centb
b. This represents the collection rate for CSA collections on domestic cases. CSA also manages child support cases where one parent resides in another country.
Figure 5: Child support—total credits applied to total liabilities
Year
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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2000-01 results (per cent)
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86.4
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86.6
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86.8
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87
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87.1
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87.2
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87.2
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87.3
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87.3
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87.4
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87-5
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87.5
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2001-02 results (per cent)
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87-5
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87.7
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87.9
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88
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88.1
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88.1
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88.1
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88
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88
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88.2
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87.9
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87.7
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2002–03 results (per cent)
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88.1
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88.3
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88.3
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88.3
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88.4
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88.3
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88.3
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88.3
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88.5
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88.6
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88.7
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88.7
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a. 2002–03 figures represent the collection rate for domestic child support cases. CSA also manages child support in cases where one parent resides in another country.
Percentage of private collect cases to total cases (CSA collect and private collect cases)
In 2002–03, 50.6 per cent of all registered parents opted for private collection, compared with 49.4 per cent in 2001-02 and 47.7 per cent in 2000-01. This was the first year that over half of all parents registered with CSA chose to transfer their child support payments privately.
Figure 6: Child support—percentage of private collect cases to total cases
Year
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Jul
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Aug
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Sep
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Oct
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Nov
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Dec
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Jan
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Feb
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Mar
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Apr
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May
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Jun
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2000-01 results (per cent)
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45.1
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45.2
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45.4
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45.4
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45.6
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45.7
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45.9
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46.1
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46.7
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47.1
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47.5
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47.7
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2001-02 results
(per cent)
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47.8
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48
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48.3
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48.5
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48.7
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48.9
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49
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49
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49.4
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49.1
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49.1
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49.4
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2002–03 results (per cent)
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49.3
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49.4
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49.3
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49.4
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49.5
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49.6
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49.6
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49.7
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49.9
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50.3
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50.5
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50.6
| Effectiveness—Targeting
Net clawback—Reduction in Family Tax Benefit outlays as a result of child support obligations being met—$434 million (estimated)
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