Children: Maintenance
Commons · Question 77217 · Tabled 15 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Max Wilkinson
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) bringing forward legislative proposals to charge interest on outstanding debts of child maintenance of more than a year's standin
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 20 Oct 2025
Where a paying parent fails to pay on time or in full, the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) aims to take immediate action to recover the debt and re-establish compliance.If the paying parent is employed, the CMS will request that ongoing child maintenance ...