Children: Maintenance
Commons · Question 100230 · Tabled 15 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Maguire
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of bailiff action have occurred as a result of outstanding child maintenance payments in each of the last five years.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 23 Dec 2025
The Child Maintenance Service may seek a Liability Order only when a Paying Parent has not met their obligations and other measures have been exhausted. In England and Wales, such orders may enable referral to enforcement agents, previously known as baili...