Children: Maintenance
Commons · Question 56485 · Tabled 2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Anna Dixon
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that people who receive the limited capability for work and work-related activity element of Universal Credit contribute an adequate share of child maintenance respons
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 10 Jun 2025
The child maintenance calculation is designed to be fair for the paying parent, while ensuring they contribute a significant proportion of their income to support their children. A banding system ensures that the very lowest earners and those on prescrib...