Oral QuestionDepartment for Work and Pensions

Whether he plans to introduce curfew orders for parents who are non-compliant with child maintenance payments.

Tabled: 21 April 2026Answered: 27 April 2026

Asked by

Dr Kieran Mullan

ConservativeBexhill and Battle

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Andrew Western)

The Government are committed to reforming the Child Maintenance Service to get more money to children by removing direct pay to combat hidden non-compliance, streamlining enforcement by introducing administrative liability orders and improving our most serious enforcement measures. That said, there are currently no plans to introduce curfew measures; doing so would require amendments to primary legislation and raise significant safeguarding concerns for paying parents and those who live with them.