Children: Maintenance
Commons · Question 87082 · Tabled 31 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by James Wild
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has recently made an assessment of the adequacy of the approach to child maintenance for parents without custody arrangements.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 6 Nov 2025
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) operates on the principle that both parents have financial responsibility for their child, including their food and clothing, as well as contributing towards the associated costs of running the home that the child lives...