Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 13952

Child Maintenance Service: Standards

Tabled: 12 November 2024
Answered: 19 November 2024

Question

Ian Sollom

Liberal DemocratSt Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase the percentage of applications cleared by the Child Maintenance Service within six weeks.

Answer

Andrew Western
In the year to June 2024 there were 138,000 new applications to the Child Maintenance Service, an increase of 10% since June 2023. The Department’s most recently published statistics show that 76% of applications received were cleared within 6 weeks (up t...

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