Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 9 July 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
(1) what his policy is on charging parents with care an upfront fee to use the new Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission; and if he will make a statement;
(2) what reasons he has made it his policy that charges applied for the use of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission should only fall on the non-resident parent; what level of charges is planned; what the purpose of the charges is; and if he will make a statement.
The final arrangements for charging have not yet been decided. The Secretary of State will be responsible for laying regulations on the specific arrangements for any charging scheme following advice from the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission.
I refer the hon. Member to paragraph 5.48 of the White Paper: A new system of child maintenance [Cm 6979] and to paragraph 5.43 of the White Paper Consultation
Response [Cm 7061].
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