Question follow-through · 64943
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2025 to Question 56485 on Children: Maintenance, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of aligning the child maintenance responsibilities of those who rec
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 3 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2025 to Question 56485 on Children: Maintenance, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of aligning the child maintenance responsibilities of those who rec
7 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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10 Jul 2025
Answer published
The child maintenance calculation is designed to be fair and proportionate and broadly represent an amount that the paying parent would spend on the child as if they were still living with them. The calculation takes the paying parent’s gross income into ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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