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<p>Schedule 6 of the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker's
Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013
sets out the priority order in which Departmental staff must consider all deductions
from Universal Credit, including Child Maintenance. The deductions contained in that
priority order are all priority debts and social obligations that are important for
claimants to address.</p><p> </p><p>The Department recognises the importance of Child
Maintenance payments and these deductions are already prioritised above others such
as benefit overpayments of Housing Benefit, Tax Credit and DWP overpayments and Recoverable
Hardship and Social Fund loans.</p><p> </p>
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