Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 101762

Child Maintenance Service: Reform

Tabled: 2 January 2026
Answered: 13 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Tom Tugendhat

ConservativeTonbridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which international child maintenance systems his Department has reviewed in the last five years as comparators for reform of the Child Maintenance Service; and what key lessons were identified.

Answer

Andrew Western
The Child Maintenance Service keeps international practice under review and draws on lessons from other systems where appropriate. In recent years, we have looked at approaches in countries including Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the...

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