Children: Maintenance
Commons · Question 24623 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Child Maintenance Service takes to (a) recover historic arrears owed to a parent by a paying parent who has since become the receiving parent and (b) resolve cases where a parent is requi
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 8 Sep 2026
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) will continue to pursue historic child maintenance arrears where appropriate, including where a parent who owes arrears has subsequently become the receiving parent in another case. Depending on the circumstances, CMS m...