Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 48812

Child Maintenance Service: Fees and Charges

Tabled: 28 April 2025
Answered: 6 May 2025

Question

Helen Maguire

Liberal Democrat — Epsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing the collection charge for receiving parents using the Child Maintenance Service’s Collect and Pay service.

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 managing all CMS cases in one service to allow the CMS to tackle non-compliance faster,exploring views on collectio...
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