Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN HL1725
Children: Maintenance
Tabled: 7 July 2026
Answered: 15 July 2026
Question
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the methods used by absent parents on incomes above £156,000 to evade full and accurate assessment for child maintenance by the courts.
Answer
Where a parent’s gross income exceeds £156,000 a year, the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) makes a maximum maintenance calculation. Any further consideration of child maintenance is a matter for the courts, which have their own mechanisms for examining th...
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