Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 21224

Children: Maintenance

Tabled: 18 December 2024
Answered: 13 January 2025

Question

Catherine Fookes

LabourMonmouthshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of altering the income change threshold on child maintenance allowance reviews.

Answer

Andrew Western
Where a paying parent's income is at least 25 per cent different than the figure obtained from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for the last available full tax year, or no figure is available, the Child Maintenance Service will consider whether the liability...

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