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<p>The Child Maintenance Group has a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry
of Defence that supports the operation of Deduction from Earnings Requests. However,
the final decision on whether to implement the deduction from earnings request and
at what rate ultimately rests with HM Paymaster. Where we are unable to deduct child
maintenance directly from salaries, we will look to enforce payment directly from
a paying parent’s bank account.</p><p>Where a paying parent fails to pay on time or
in full, the Child Maintenance Service has a wide range of strong enforcement powers
including deduction from earnings orders, order for sale, removing non-paying parent's
driving licences, disqualification of passports, and committal to prison.</p><p>We
introduced new powers in December 2018 which allow the Child Maintenance Service to
deduct child maintenance directly from a wider range of accounts, including joint
and business accounts, and enable it to target complex earners via a calculation of
notional income based on assets.</p><p> </p>
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