Children: Maintenance
(asked on 13th April 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Child Maintenance Service applies a 20 per cent handling fee to the arrears of paying parents.
This question was answered on 24th April 2017
A 20 per cent charge applies to on-going maintenance liability where parents use the Collect and Pay service in the Child Maintenance Service. This charge remains payable if arrears are accrued. There are no collection charges for parents who use the Direct Pay service.