The total amount collected or arranged for children in the North East was more than £54.6m in the same period (July 2007 - June 2008).
43,900 North East children are now benefiting from maintenance payments - an extra 3,500 compared to the previous year and an increase of 9,100 since June 2005, before the Agency's Operational Improvement Plan was launched.
Of the £1.05 billion benefiting children nationally - an increase of £243m since June 05 - a total of £137.6m collected was arrears. Both figures represent the highest level of money ever collected or arranged in a 12 month period.
The latest performance figures also confirm the Child Support Agency is collecting more arrears owed by non-resident parents, helping more than 768,000 children nationally, clearing applications quicker and improving customer service.
Child Maintenance Minister James Plaskitt praised the latest figures as further evidence of the Agency's progress, and said:
"These results show the CSA is continuing to get more money to more children and make a real difference to their lives. With an increase in the child maintenance disregard later this year and proposals for a full disregard recently announced, these together with existing reforms to the child maintenance system will lift up to 100,000 children out of poverty."
"The Agency's performance continues to improve as we move towards the new Commission and our aim will be to continue this progress so we can help more children and families."
CSA Chief Executive and Commissioner of the new Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission, Stephen Geraghty, added: "I am delighted that a record number of children across the North East are benefiting from over £54.6m of maintenance collected or arranged by the Agency in the region. They show our historic achievements earlier this year are evidence of a sustained and consistent improvement that is increasingly delivering results. Our work continues to create stable foundations for the future of child maintenance as the Commission is established later this year."
