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Children: Maintenance

Commons · Question 62001 · Tabled 23 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 30 Jun 2025

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Asked by Zöe Franklin

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the (a) accuracy and (b) transparency of Special Expenses calculations by the Child Maintenance Service for (i) flights, (ii) fuel and (iii) ot

Answer

Answered by Andrew Western, 30 Jun 2025

The Department for Work and Pensions and Child Maintenance Service rigorously monitors accuracy as part of our service ambition to further reduce error and increase our accuracy levels. The National Audit Office set a target of monetary value errors under...