Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 906019

Child Maintenance Service: Standards

Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 27 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Lee Pitcher

LabourDoncaster East and the Isle of Axholme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve the Child Maintenance Service.

Answer

Andrew Western
The Government has announced ambitious plans to reform the CMS. Moving all cases to a single service, where payments are collected and transferred will provide an improved service, quickly identifying and tackling missed payments and lifting more children...

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