Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 56485
Children: Maintenance
Tabled: 2 June 2025
Answered: 10 June 2025
Question
Anna Dixon
Labour — Shipley
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that people who receive the limited capability for work and work-related activity element of Universal Credit contribute an adequate share of child maintenance respons
Answer
Andrew Western The child maintenance calculation is designed to be fair for the paying parent, while ensuring they contribute a significant proportion of their income to support their children. A banding system ensures that the very lowest earners and those on prescrib...
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