Written question asked by Angela Crawley (Scottish National Party) on Thursday, 18 October 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 October 2018. It was answered by Justin Tomlinson (Conservative) on Thursday, 25 October 2018 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Children: Maintenance

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-resident parents at the time of their annual review had their child maintenance calculated from income that was earned more than two years from the date of that assessment.

Answer: We do not currently report on the tax years used in the calculation of Annual Reviews. In the spirit of answering the question asked, at the Initial Calculation stage we use income from the following: 82% from HMRC, 9% from Benefit systems and the remaining 9% from Paying Parents or Employers. Recent sampling of the HMRC supplied information shows 82% of Initial assessments use income data from the last two tax years (2017/18 & 2016/17), 10% from previous years and 8% have no tax year provided and will not be used to calculate the assessment.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 181324
Session: 2017-19
Related items: Children: Maintenance
Monday, 26 November 2018
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Children Absent parents Maintenance
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk