Children: Maintenance
2026-06-24 · Department for Work and Pensions · 13271 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the interaction between child maintenance rules and family court child arrangement orders.
Answer
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is limited to calculating, collecting and enforcing child maintenance payments. Decisions about child care or access arrangements, including where a child lives and the time they spend with each parent, are a matter for...