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Sixth Report - Children in poverty: Child Maintenance Service
Work and Pensions Committee
HC 272
Published 27 April 2023
Government response
Seventh Special Report - Children in poverty: Child Maintenance Service: Government Response to the Committee’s Sixth Report · published 6 Jul 2023
Recommendations & Conclusions
16
Recommendation
Accepted in Part
Para 77
Urge Government to analyse maintenance affordability and propose urgent changes within six months.
Recommendation
The unaffordability of maintenance for some parents is causing severe hardship and distress. It also forms a barrier to compliance. Updating maintenance levels and thresholds should therefore be seen as a priority. We recommend the Government completes its analysis of …
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Government Response Summary
The government accepts the need to update the child maintenance calculation due to affordability concerns and has begun a fundamental review and updated research, but does not commit to completing this analysis or making proposals within the recommended urgent six-month timeframe.
Department for Work and Pensions
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