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Children: Maintenance

Commons · Question 109846 · Tabled 30 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 9 Feb 2026

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Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many an what percentage of cases concerning the Child Maintenance Service referred to Independent Case Examiners were (a) wholly upheld, (b) partially upheld and (c) wholly dismissed in each of the

Answer

Answered by Andrew Western, 9 Feb 2026

The Independent Case Examiner publishes an Annual Report each year. Data relating to upheld rates for DWP and its individual service lines, including the Child Maintenance Service, for the years being requested, can be found within those reports.The Indep...