Schedule 4
Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill
5:00 pm
Paul Rowen (Shadow Minister, Work & Pensions; Rochdale, Liberal Democrat)
The Bill states that the amount of gross weekly income that will be deducted from non-resident parents is 12 per cent. if the non-resident parent has one qualifying child, 16 per cent. if they have two qualifying children and 19 per cent. if they have three or more qualifying children. If they earn more than £800 a week, however, the amounts that they would be expected to pay above the £800 threshold are reduced to 9 per cent. for one qualifying child, 16 per cent. for two children—