Written questions

Child Maintenance Service: Domestic Abuse

Commons · Question 4855 · Tabled 9 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 17 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Andrew Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of victims of domestic abuse experiencing financial abuse while using the Child Maintenance Service.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Western, 17 Sep 2024

The Department is assessing how it can provide statistics on domestic abuse now the application fee exemption statistics are no longer published. The Department's Chief Statistician will oversee the development of these statistics to make sure they meet t...