Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Stephen Kerr and Caroline Dinenage

Monday 13th November 2017 Commons Chamber

[Stephen Kerr (Stirling) (Con)]

What are Ministers doing to close loopholes used to avoid child maintenance payments?

[Caroline Dinenage]

When a non-resident parent fails to pay on time or in full, we endeavour to immediately establish compliance before enforcement action is needed. There is a range of strong powers that we can take, including the forced sale of property, disqualification from driving or, indeed, commitment to prison, but we are exploring options to expand those, and they will form part of our new compliance and arrears strategy, which will be published shortly.