United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 56507
Children: Maintenance
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2 June 2025
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10 June 2025 · Answer
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10 June 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to make paternity DNA testing mandatory in all disputed child maintenance cases before deductions begin.
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2 June 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to make paternity DNA testing mandatory in all disputed child maintenance cases before deductions begin.
Source: Commons
10 June 2025
Answer
Parentage disputes can be raised at any point in the life cycle of a child maintenance case.If parentage is disputed before the initial maintenance calculation is made, the CMS will need to decide whether an assumption of parentage can be made. The circum...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-06-02/56507
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1808142
- uk · wq-1808142 · source updated 10 June 2025