Children: Maintenance
Commons · Question 75848 · Tabled 8 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 17 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Freddie van Mierlo
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) criminal and (b) civil measures to increase compliance with child maintenance payments.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 17 Sep 2025
69% of Paying Parents due to pay via the Collect & Pay service actually paid some maintenance during the calendar quarter ending March 2025. This compares with 65% during the quarter ending March 2023. In the year to March 2025, the CMS arranged aroun...