A question on #Children #Maintenance tabled by Susan Murray on 13-03-2025 has been answered by Andrew Western.

Heading: Children: Maintenance
Question ID: 1784524
UIN: 38248
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
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the average cost difference between the (a) paying and (b) receiving parents for the Child Maintenance Service Collect and Pay service charge.
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Date answered: 2025-03-21
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4979
Answering Member display name: Andrew Western
Answering Member handle: andrewhwestern
Answering Member Twitter reference: @andrewhwestern
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Answer text: Collection fees only apply to the Collect and Pay service and are intended to provide both parents with an incentive to collaborate, and offset the cost of the scheme. Entry to the service is permitted if either both parents agree to it, or if the paying ...
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Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
Tweeted: true