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<p>All parents have a responsibility to support their children. Where an application
is made to the Child Maintenance Service, a liability will be calculated based on
the gross taxable income of the paying parent, provided all the relevant parties can
be identified and are classed as habitually resident in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>In certain
circumstances, where the paying parent: has a gross a weekly income below £7 per week;
is a child; is in prison; is aged 16-17 years old and in receipt of prescribed benefits;
is receiving a work based training allowance; is in a care home, hospital or receiving
home care; this liability will be nil.</p><p /><p>The following publication includes
statistics on the child maintenance arrangements of separated families:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/separated-families-population-statistics"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/separated-families-population-statistics</a></p><p>
</p><p>Information on the number of parents who are primary carers for children but
do not receive child maintenance is not readily available and to provide it would
incur disproportionate cost.</p>
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