Written questions

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...