Children: Maintenance
Commons · Question 50387 · Tabled 6 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 12 May 2025
Question
Asked by Cat Eccles
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the merits of writing off debt payments for Child Support Agency payments valued below £500.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 12 May 2025
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) has the ability to write off Child Support Agency (CSA) debt that is £500 and under in circumstances where no payment has been made within the last 90 days and where administrative powers have been considered but were d...