Department for Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 25 January 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much revenue her Department has collected through the Child Maintenance Service's (a) 20 per cent fee and (b) four per cent fee through collect and pay in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much revenue her Department has collected through the Child Maintenance Service's £20 application fee in each of the last three years.
Income received from the Child Maintenance Service £20 Application fee for the last 3 years is as follows:
Applications Fee | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 |
£m | £m | £m | |
| 1.510 | 0.972 | 0.749 |
(Application fees reduced due to the waiver introduced in cases of Domestic Abuse)
Income received through collection charges for the last 3 years are below:
2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | ||
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| £m | £m | £m |
PP Collection Charge | 20% | 16.878 | 27.905 | 34.771 |
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RP Collection Charge | 4% | 3.241 | 5.430 | 6.767 |
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No1 person thinks not
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