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Child Maintenance Service: Standards

Commons · Question 26617 · Tabled 27 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 4 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Alex Barros-Curtis

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what service standard the Child Maintenance Service has to respond to (a) complex casework and (b) complaints submitted between 30 August 2024 to 24 January 2025.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Western, 4 Feb 2025

The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) have service standards for all change of circumstances, these are not categorised as complex as there is no specific criteria to meet, each case is considered on its own merit and circumstances of the case. Caseworkers ...