Written questions

Children: Maintenance

Commons · Question 64934 · Tabled 3 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 8 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the collection of late payments by the Child Maintenance Service.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Western, 8 Jul 2025

The Government is dedicated to ensuring parents meet their responsibilities to provide their children with financial support and the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) will do everything within its powers to make sure parents comply. Where parents fail to pa...