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Children: Maintenance

Asked by Neil Duncan-JordanLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 17 July 2026UIN 18487

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of variation applications based on diversion of income by the Child Maintenance Service were successful in the last financial year.

Answered by Andrew Western

The Child Maintenance Service holds data on the number of variation applications made however does not gather data on the specific reason, for example diversion of income.

Therefore, the information requested specific to diversion of income is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

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