HC Deb 29 March 2004 vol 419 c1243W
Bob Russell

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) if he will amend the regulations for the Child Support Agency so that payments given by firms to staff to enable them to obtain a car for company business are excluded as income, when calculating maintenance payments; and if he will make a statement; [162003]

(2) whether the value of a company car provided by firms is counted as income by the Child Support Agency when calculating maintenance payments; and if he will make a statement.[162006]

Mr. Pond

Child Support regulations already provide for payments for expenses which arewholly, exclusively and necessarily incurred in the performance of the duties of the employment

to be disregarded for the purposes of maintenance calculations.

Neither does the value of a company car count as income for such purposes.