Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 89117

Child Maintenance Service: Fees and Charges

Tabled: 10 November 2025

Answered: 17 November 2025

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the equitableness of the Child Maintenance Service's (a) fee structure and (b) case prioritisation (i) where a paying parent has multiple children acros

Answer

Andrew Western

The Child Maintenance Service operates on the principle that both parents have financial responsibility for their child, including their food and clothing, as well as contributing towards the associated costs of running the home that the child lives in. I...

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