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Child Maintenance Service

Commons · Question 43309 · Tabled 1 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 9 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Manuela Perteghella

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to improve enforcement against paying parents who repeatedly miss Child Maintenance Service payments.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Western, 9 Apr 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 range of strong enforcement powers that can be used against those w...