Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 62004
Child Maintenance Service: Fees and Charges
Tabled: 23 June 2025
Answered: 1 July 2025
Question
Zöe Franklin
Liberal Democrat — Guildford
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Child Maintenance Service late payment fees being deducted from maintenance payments on receiving parents and children.
Answer
Andrew WesternThe Child Maintenance Service (CMS) does not charge late payment fees. It does charge fees to paying parents and receiving parents who are on the Collect and Pay service: twenty per cent on top of the maintenance liability for the paying parent and four p...
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