Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 4089

Children: Maintenance

Tabled: 3 September 2024
Answered: 11 September 2024

Question

Shockat Adam

IndependentLeicester South

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the CMS child maintenance calculation adequately reflects the (a) living expenses and (b) income of both parties.

Answer

Andrew Western
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) operates on the principle that both parents have financial responsibility for their child, including their food and clothing, as well as contributing towards the associated costs of running the home that the child lives...

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