Children: Maintenance
Commons · Question 89038 · Tabled 10 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Luke Akehurst
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is provided to Child Maintenance Service caseworkers to ensure fair treatment of non-resident parents for (a) complex or disputed and (b) other cases.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 17 Nov 2025
All Child Maintenance Service Case Workers are provided with the Decision Making and Welfare of the Child topics during new entrant learning. These cover the principles of the decision-making process, gathering different types of evidence, applying the ba...