Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 64943

Children: Maintenance

Tabled: 3 July 2025

Answered: 10 July 2025

Question

Anna Dixon

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2025 to Question 56485 on Children: Maintenance, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of aligning the child maintenance responsibilities of those who rec

Answer

Andrew Western

The child maintenance calculation is designed to be fair and proportionate and broadly represent an amount that the paying parent would spend on the child as if they were still living with them. The calculation takes the paying parent’s gross income into ...

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