Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provisions are in place to ensure continued receipt of child maintenance payments from a parent who is imprisoned but still in receipt of income from personal assets.

Where a paying parent is in prison and receives income from certain assets, then a variation can be considered and that income may be taken into account when calculating the maintenance liability.

If the paying parent fails to make payments that are due, the Child Maintenance Service can make arrangements to enforce payment of any arrears.