Children: Maintenance
Commons · Question 121968 · Tabled 18 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Joshua Reynolds
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time is between a parent with care requesting a Financial Investigation Unit referral and the referral being actioned; and how the Department monitors compliance with internal timeframe
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 26 Mar 2026
Data on the average time from a parent initiating a referral request to the Financial Investigation Unit (FIU) and that referral being actioned are not held centrally and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.All cases which are accepted by the ...