Children: Maintenance
Commons · Question 64935 · 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 steps she is taking to increase the powers of (a) enforcement and (b) collection of the Child Maintenance Service.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 8 Jul 2025
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is committed to ensuring separated parents support their children financially, taking robust enforcement action against those who do not. If someone chooses not to pay their maintenance themselves, the CMS has administr...