Children: Maintenance
Commons · Question 547 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 29 May 2026
Question
Asked by Pippa Heylings
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using HMRC’s coding-out powers for the collection of debts owed to the Child Maintenance Service.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 29 May 2026
The Department keeps under review a range of options to improve the collection of child maintenance and arrears, including the potential use of existing government debt collection mechanisms. The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) already has a range of stro...