Written questions

Child Maintenance Service: Standards

2026-05-17 · Department for Work and Pensions · HL239 · Official question

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of reported errors made by the Child Maintenance Service in 2025-26.

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...