PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Children: Maintenance (19 April 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on a person providing child maintenance having their payments regarded for the purpose of an income assessment for means-tested benefit.

Asked by:
Anna Turley (Labour)

A person who is providing child maintenance does not have their payments disregarded for the purpose of an income assessment, in a means-tested benefit, as this would amount to the tax payer meeting a person’s liabilities.

Answered by:
Priti Patel (Conservative)
27 April 2016