Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 64476

Child Maintenance Service: Standards

Tabled: 2 July 2025

Answered: 10 July 2025

Question

Jo Platt

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Child Maintenance Service’s approach to domestic abuse on the Government’s mission to halve violence against women and girls.

Answer

Andrew Western

DWP is engaged in cross-government work to support the Home Office led Safer Streets Mission, which includes the ambition to halve Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) within the next decade. DWP has a key role to play in halving VAWG. We are committed...

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