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Children: Maintenance

Commons · Question 97239 · Tabled 4 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 12 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for child maintenance enforcement actions.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Western, 12 Dec 2025

The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) will do everything it can to address the non-payment of child maintenance and ensure appropriate enforcement action is taken in a timely manner.Enforcement action can include deductions from earnings orders, or from ban...