Children: Maintenance
Commons · Question 21456 · Tabled 19 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
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 Jan 2025
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is committed to ensuring separated parents support their children financially, taking robust enforcement action against those who do not.The CMS has a relatively low percentage of unpaid maintenance. Only 8% of the tota...