Children: Maintenance
Commons · Question 68087 · Tabled 15 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Lisa Smart
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to help prevent receiving parents from limiting access of children to those parents paying child maintenance in order to receive higher payments.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 22 Jul 2025
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) operates on the principle that a child's welfare is best served by the continued involvement of each parent in their life, provided that involvement is safe and meets the needs of the child. It is aware that paying pare...