| Heading: |
Children: Maintenance |
| Question ID: |
1784534 |
| UIN: |
38249 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-13 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5157 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Susan Murray
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Susan Murray
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the risk that the Collect and Pay service charge system can be used to place additional financial pressure on the paying parent. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-21 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4979 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Andrew Western
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| Answering Member handle: |
andrewhwestern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@andrewhwestern
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| Answer text: |
All parents are given the option to use the Direct Pay service, where no fees apply. If a paying parent pays on time and in full on Direct Pay and there is no reason to believe they would be unlikely to pay; they cannot be forced to use the Collect and Pa... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |