Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 99817

Children: Maintenance

Tabled: 15 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Tom Tugendhat

ConservativeTonbridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many paying parents have a nil assessment for child maintenance, including by each reason for a nil assessment.

Answer

Andrew Western
The information requested on the number of paying parents with a nil assessment, broken down by each reason for that assessment, is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. A nil assessment for Child Maintenance applies o...

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