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Children: Maintenance

Commons · Question 3503 · Tabled 30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 9 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Julia Buckley

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help tackle unpaid child maintenance.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Western, 9 Sep 2024

The Department plans to bring forward changes to allow the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to make an administrative liability order against a person who has failed to pay child maintenance and is in arrears. The administrative liability order will replac...