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"Old Scheme"
5 April 1993 - 2 March 003 |
"New Scheme"
3 March 2003 - current |
White Paper proposals |
| Incomes used in formula |
NRP and PWC | NRP only |
NRP only |
| Income figure used
| Assessable income (net income less exempt income)
| Net Income | Gross Income
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| Percentage rate of income for each child
| Maintenance assessment included element based on income support rate for each child, but no direct correlation between number of children and amount of assessment
| 15/20/25 | 10/15/20 to reflect change in basis of assessment from net to gross income
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| Percentage rate deducted for each child in NRP's new family
| Formula made limited allowance for NRP's new children - e.g. at exempt income stage for new natural children and only at protected income stage for new step-children
| 15/20/25 (applied before 15/20/25 for "qualifying children" who are subject of the assessment)
| 10/15/20 (as above) |
| Threshold for shared care to affect assessment
| 104 nights a year minimum
| 52 nights a year minimum
| White Paper is silent, though deals with (much less common) cases of split care[323]
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| Notice of change of income to affect assessment
| Any time for change if £10 p w or more
| Anytime for changes of more than 5%
| 1 year fixed awards more than 25%
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| Flat rate for NRP on benefits or on low income
| £5.80 p w (uprated annually)
| £5.00 p w (not changed since 2003)
| £7.00 p w |
| Up to what age maintenance is paid for qualifying child?
| 16/17/18 year old - traditional child benefit definition used
| 16/17/18 year old - traditional child benefit definition used
| 18/19 year old - new child benefit definition (CBA 2005) to be used
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| Number of pieces of information needed to make a calculation
| Over 100 items | Much less than old system but still need information to calculate net income
| 3 items
- gross income
- number of qualifying children
- number of children living with NRP
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| Maintenance disregard for PWC on benefit
| No maintenance kept by PWC in receipt of benefit
| £10 Child Maintenance Premium
| More maintenance to be kept but amount not yet set
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| Inter-relationship with court consent orders in private cases
| Consent order in private case excluded CSA indefinitely (unless PWC later claimed benefit)
| Consent order in private case excluded CSA for 12 months only
| Consent orders will exclude CSA for 12 months only (private and benefit cases)
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