Child Maintenance Service: Standards
2026-05-17 · Department for Work and Pensions · HL241 · Official question
Question
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Child Maintenance Service has effective measures in place to identify payments taken in error and return monies swiftly.
Answer
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) operates within the wider DWP Quality Strategy designed to prevent, detect, and correct errors at the earliest opportunity. Where payments have been made in error, the CMS has processes to refund overpayments to the pay...