Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 10889
Child Maintenance Service: Standards
Tabled: 23 October 2024
Answered: 1 November 2024
Question
Richard Tice
Reform UK — Boston and Skegness
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to (a) improve the (i) effectiveness and (ii) efficiency of the Child Maintenance Service and (b) help tackle unpaid child maintenance.
Answer
Andrew WesternThe Child Maintenance Service (CMS) has a relatively low percentage of unpaid maintenance. Only 8% of the total maintenance due to be paid since the start of the CMS remains to be collected through the collect & pay service. This was as high as 17% in...
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