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1648265

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date	27/06/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the amount in child maintenance payments (a) not paid by paying parents and (b) not received by receiving parents when the paying parent's income has been misreported in each financial year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	191467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service does not hold the information to fully respond to the request.</p><p> </p><p>The Department publishes quarterly Child Maintenance Service (CMS) statistics, with the latest statistics available to the end of December 2022 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-statistics-data-to-december-2022-experimental" target="_blank">here</a>. Table 6 of the National Tables provides the total amount of uncollected child maintenance from March 2015 – December 2022.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 03/07/2023 15:15:36 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1648268

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many paying parents had child maintenance arrears of more than (a) £1,000, (b) £5,000 and (c) £10,000 in each financial year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	191470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service does not currently hold the information requested. The number of paying parents with arrears as of the 31<sup>st</sup> of March each year between 2018 and 2023 has been provided.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Number of Paying Parents</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Arrears</strong></p></td><td><p>Mar-18</p></td><td><p>Mar-19</p></td><td><p>Mar-20</p></td><td><p>Mar-21</p></td><td><p>Mar-22</p></td><td><p>Mar-23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More than £1,000 but less than or equal to £5,000</p></td><td><p>45,800</p></td><td><p>56,800</p></td><td><p>65,200</p></td><td><p>68,600</p></td><td><p>76,800</p></td><td><p>85,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More than £5,000 but less than or equal to £10,000</p></td><td><p>6,500</p></td><td><p>10,300</p></td><td><p>13,600</p></td><td><p>15,900</p></td><td><p>18,100</p></td><td><p>20,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>More than £10,000</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td><td><p>2,600</p></td><td><p>4,300</p></td><td><p>6,000</p></td><td><p>7,500</p></td><td><p>9,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source: Child Maintenance Service Administrative Data</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><ol><li>All figures are rounded to the nearest 100. Totals may not sum due to rounding.</li><li>The figures supplied are derived from unpublished information and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. They should therefore be treated with caution.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 03/07/2023 15:08:59 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1648269

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that paying parents report their income (a) promptly and (b) accurately to the Child Maintenance Service.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	191471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>As a principal part of the service design the Department uses data from HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) and its own benefits data to assess 91% of Paying Parents earned income and benefit status, which are key parts of the maintenance calculation.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Child Maintenance service allows both paying and receiving parents to request a change to the assessment if they believe that the paying parent’s income has changed by more than 25% compared to the most recent figures provided by HMRC. This can be done online, over the telephone or in writing. Customer communications highlight the obligations of parents to provide information and the consequences of failure to comply or misrepresentation.</p><p> </p><p>Where a paying parent receives unearned income which can be legally considered in assessing child maintenance either parent can request a variation to the normal maintenance calculation. Cases involving suspected misrepresentation or fraudulent behaviour can be looked into by the Financial Investigation Unit (FIU). This is a specialist team which can request information from financial institutions to check the accuracy of information the CMS is given.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 03/07/2023 15:13:48 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1546977

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department takes to calculate the amount of child maintenance payments owed in the UK by a person who is already paying child support for a different child overseas.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	99986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>The calculation of child maintenance liability by the Child Maintenance Service can include an allowance for maintenance payments made in respect of a child in another country. In order to be taken into account these payments must be made under either a court order or under the powers of that country’s child maintenance service. A Paying Parent will be asked about this at the point their case is set up or can report such an arrangement at a later date, they will be expected to provide documentary evidence such as a copy of the court or payment notice.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 12/12/2022 15:49:28 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan