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Children: Maintenance

Commons · Question 3505 · 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, how many liability orders have been pursued by the Child Maintenance Service since 1 August 2023.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Western, 9 Sep 2024

A principle of child maintenance is to increase levels of cooperation between separated parents and encourage parents to meet their responsibilities to provide their children with financial support. Where a family-based child maintenance arrangement is no...