Children: Maintenance
Commons · Question 19804 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Andrew George
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what analysis his Department has undertaken of the reasons why assessed child maintenance liabilities are not paid in full, broken down by (a) deliberate non-payment, (b) affordability concerns, (c) dis
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 8 Sep 2026
The Department recently published research which was commissioned as part of the wider evidence base used to inform the Department's review of the child maintenance calculation. Amongst other things, this looked at the reasons given by both Paying and Rec...