Children: Maintenance
Commons · Question 43311 · 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, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of false complaints to social services by parents paying child maintenance on the well-being of receiving parents and their children.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 9 Apr 2025
The Child Maintenance Service is committed to ensuring that it delivers a safe service that is sensitive to the needs of all the parents that use its service. We recognise that some parents may face difficult circumstances, particularly at a time of sepa...