Written questions

Child Maintenance Service: Standards

Commons · Question 62000 · Tabled 23 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 2 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Zöe Franklin

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that timeframes imposed by the Child Maintenance Service are (a) proportionate and (b) matched by equivalent service standards within the Department.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Western, 2 Jul 2025

We have interpreted your question to refer to the timescales the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) uses in progressing cases. The CMS inform customers of expected timeframes for actions to be completed when changes are reported or require progressing. Cust...