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Ninth Report - Child Maintenance

Public Accounts Committee HC 255 Published 22 June 2022

Report Status

Government responded

Conclusions & Recommendations

36 items (7 recs)

Source

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Government Response

AI assessment · 8 of 36 classified

Accepted 2

Deferred 1

Rejected 5

Recommendations

1 result

7 Deferred

The Department’s ability to collect child maintenance is limited by the affordability of payments and...

Recommendation

The Department’s ability to collect child maintenance is limited by the affordability of payments and the system risks creating a poverty trap for some Paying Parents. More than two-thirds of Paying Parents on Collect & Pay and over a quarter … Read more

Government Response Summary

The department cannot set out its plans to review affordability of liabilities as this relies upon a policy decision, but the department is considering its plans and will update the Work and Pensions Committee in due course.

HM Treasury

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