Question follow-through · 63687

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that there is clear understanding within (a) her Department and (b) employers of which payments and benefits from employers are treated as income for the purposes of c

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
30 Jun 2025
Target answer date
2 Jul 2025
Answer
8 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that there is clear understanding within (a) her Department and (b) employers of which payments and benefits from employers are treated as income for the purposes of c

  2. 2 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    CMS staff have a clear understanding of what is classed as income from training and internal guidance. With regards to employers, income included in the basic child maintenance calculation is the same as that used in HMRC calculations of taxable income. ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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