Ninth Report - Child Maintenance

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 255 22 June 2022
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 36 items (29 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 30 of 36 classified)
Accepted 14
Accepted in Part 2
Deferred 2
Rejected 12
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Recommendations

2 results
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.
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28 Deferred
We therefore asked the Department about the affordability of payments.
Recommendation
We therefore asked the Department about the affordability of payments. The Department explained that its calculations were based on historical income, so “affordability is part of the calculation in that respect”. But it recognised that “the problem then comes when … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government disagrees with the recommendation because they cannot set out plans to review affordability in the response, as it relies on a policy decision, but they are considering plans and will update the Work and Pensions Committee in due course.
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