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Passing on child support payments to sole parents
27 March 2023.
The Government has introduced a bill to Parliament to make changes to child support for people getting a sole parent rate of a benefit.
It is proposed that from 1 July 2023:
- child support payments will be passed on, in full, to sole parent beneficiaries by Inland Revenue, giving them more money to support their children.
- sole parents getting a main benefit will no longer have to apply for child support. Instead, they can choose whether or not to apply and whether or not they get these payments via Inland Revenue. This is something that already happens for other people receiving child support who also get a benefit.
An additional change will mean parents paying formula-assessed child support via Inland Revenue can have this cost taken into account for Temporary Additional Support and Special Benefit.
Who these changes affect
Passing on child support will affect people getting Sole Parent Support and those getting the sole parent rate of a benefit. These benefits include Supported Living Payment, Jobseeker Support, Youth Payment or Young Parent Payment.
Child support payments will be considered income
We'll treat child support payments a person receives as income. This means we'll consider child support payments when working out if someone can get a benefit and other financial assistance, for example Accommodation Supplement or Childcare Subsidy, or assessing Income Related Rent. How much it affects a person's payments will depend on their situation.
We'll have more information about these changes closer to when they're planned to happen from 1 July 2023.