Section 8: Changes to the calculation of maintenance
This section introduces Schedule 1 which amends legislation regarding how maintenance calculations are performed. Changes to how maintenance is calculated include:
A move from using net to using gross weekly income to determine maintenance liability. Information required to calculate maintenance will be taken directly from Revenue and Customs instead of the non-resident parent.
Changes to the percentages used to calculate basic rate maintenance.
Treating certain existing child maintenance obligations which fall outside of the statutory scheme, as though they were within the scheme, for the purposes of calculating liability.
An increase in flat rate maintenance from £5 to £7 per week.