Written questions

Children: Maintenance

Commons · Question 4873 · Tabled 9 Sep 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 17 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims were processed by the Child Maintenance Agency in each of the last five years; and how many appeals were (a) lodged, (b) fully processed, (c) upheld and (d) rejected.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Western, 17 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 not...