Written questions

Child Maintenance Service: Complaints

Commons · Question 118835 · Tabled 9 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 17 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Preet Kaur Gill

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for complaints investigations in the Child Maintenance Service that lasted longer than 15 working days, what percentage of complainants received written confirmation of this delay in the last year.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Western, 17 Mar 2026

The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) complaint data information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.The CMS complies with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) complaints service standard, to aim to r...