Chris Seeks Fair Increases To Child Maintenance Considerations
Christopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of by how much the child maintenance upper weekly limit of £3,000 gross income set in 2012 under the Child Support Act 1991 would need to be increased to take account of inflation since that date; and if he will make it his policy to increase to that limit.
Christopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he will make it his policy to increase automatically the flat rate of child maintenance payments in line with the consumer prices index.
Mims Davies The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The Government’s response to the Independent Review of CMS’s handling of domestic abuse cases announced our intentions to look again at the child maintenance calculation to ensure it is fit for purpose and fair for both parents in light of societal changes since it was last looked at. Any changes will always be made according to the best interests of children.
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