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Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill

The intent is that it would be based on the year-end return that employers make to HMRC that then filters through to DWP. The timeframe would generally be that employers have a month to report to HMRC, so that is the end of April, and I think something like 61 per cent of the data reported by employers on a timely basis would come through to DWP by the end of May. Assessment will be based upon the latest information that the commission has for an individual on a preceding-year basis. If data for 2006-07 comes through to the commission in May 2007 and a case comes in to the commission on 1 June, the assessment will be based on data from 2006-07. If that person came into the commission in April or May 2008, the assessment would still be based on that 2006-07 data until the next year’s data kicks in. I hope that explains.