Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 101188

Children: Maintenance

Tabled: 17 December 2025

Answered: 7 January 2026

Named Day

Question

Manuela Perteghella

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to review the definition of income used in the Child Maintenance Service 2012 Scheme to ensure that it includes income derived from (a) investments, (b) dividends, (c) rental income, (d

Answer

Andrew Western

A review of the child maintenance calculation is currently underway. As part of this work, my Department has already announced plans to include gross unearned income automatically within the calculation, removing the need for either parent to request a va...

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