Children: Maintenance
Commons · Question 101188 · Tabled 17 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Manuela Perteghella
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to review the definition of income used in the Child Maintenance Service 2012 Scheme to ensure that it includes income derived from (a) investments, (b) dividends, (c) rental income, (d
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 7 Jan 2026
A review of the child maintenance calculation is currently underway. As part of this work, my Department has already announced plans to include gross unearned income automatically within the calculation, removing the need for either parent to request a va...