Question follow-through · 39269

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to review the calculation of child maintenance payments, in the context of the use of gross salaries for assessments; and what assessment she has made of the potentia

answeredRichard TiceDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 18 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 20 Mar 2025
Answer: 26 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

18 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to review the calculation of child maintenance payments, in the context of the use of gross salaries for assessments; and what assessment she has made of the potentia
20 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Mar 2025
Answer published
Information about the paying parent's gross income is taken directly from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for the latest tax year available. This allows calculations to be made quickly and accurately. Any income subject to income tax, including bonuses and ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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