Question follow-through · 89039
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to improve transparency in Child Maintenance Service (a) calculations and (b) deductions (i) in general and (ii) where deductions from earnings orders are applied.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 10 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 17 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to improve transparency in Child Maintenance Service (a) calculations and (b) deductions (i) in general and (ii) where deductions from earnings orders are applied.
12 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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17 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Child Maintenance calculation is based on the paying parent’s gross income, verified through HMRC data. To improve transparency, the CMS has enhanced data sharing with HMRC to ensure accurate income assessments, including unearned income such as divid...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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