Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 71814
Child Maintenance Service
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 10 September 2025
Question
Tracy Gilbert
Labour — Edinburgh North and Leith
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to (a) improve enforcement and (b) reduce the number of non-payments for child maintenance.
Answer
Andrew WesternMost payments where a parent is unwilling to pay are collected regardless, via either a deduction from earning order (DEO) or a deduction from benefit. Only where these options are not available are other mechanisms needed. Nevertheless, the Child Mainten...
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