Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 4808

Child Maintenance Service

Tabled: 9 September 2024

Answered: 17 September 2024

Question

Tom Hayes

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to reform child maintenance services by (a) abolishing fees for survivors of violence against women and girls and (b) implementing robust enforcement measures for non-paying paren

Answer

Andrew Western

A consultation on proposed reforms to the CMS was published by the previous Government on 8 May 2024. This included removing Direct Pay and changing the charging structure, with all CMS cases managed in one service to allow the CMS to tackle non-complianc...

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