Written questions

Children: Maintenance

Commons · Question 7626 · Tabled 8 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 17 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Max Wilkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his department has made of how closely the online guidance about equal shared and day-to-day care aligns with the experiences of parents using the CMS system.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Western, 17 Jun 2026

The Department’s online guidance is intended to provide accessible information for parents that reflects how the requirements of the Child Maintenance Calculation Regulations 2012 statutory framework is applied in practice, helping them to understand how ...