Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he will make it his policy to increase automatically the flat rate of child maintenance payments in line with the consumer prices index.

The Government’s response to the Independent Review of CMS’s handling of domestic abuse cases announced our intentions to look again at the child maintenance calculation to ensure it is fit for purpose and fair for both parents in light of societal changes since it was last looked at. Any changes will always be made according to the best interests of children.