Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 28070

Social Security Benefits: Deductions

Tabled: 3 February 2025
Answered: 11 February 2025

Question

Andy McDonald

LabourMiddlesbrough and Thornaby East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that direct deduction orders do not leave people in relative poverty.

Answer

Andrew Western
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) encourages paying parents to pay their maintenance on time in order to avoid accrual of arrears. Where a paying parent fails to pay on time or in full, the Service is committed to using its wide-ranging enforcement powe...

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