Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 81158
Children: Maintenance
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 27 October 2025
Question
James McMurdock
Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of unreliable child maintenance payments on child poverty.
Answer
Andrew WesternWe know that children in separated families are poorer and more likely to live in poverty than those in non-separated families. Child maintenance payment through both statutory and non-statutory arrangements keep approximately 120,000 children out of pove...
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