Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 56485

Children: Maintenance

Tabled: 2 June 2025
Answered: 10 June 2025

Question

Anna Dixon

LabourShipley

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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