Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 104105
Child Maintenance Service: Standards
Tabled: 7 January 2026
Answered: 16 January 2026
Question
Sarah Pochin
Reform UK — Runcorn and Helsby
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of delays by the Child Maintenance Service on (a) parents and (b) children who rely on child maintenance payments.
Answer
Andrew WesternWe know that children in separated families are more likely to live in poverty than those in non-separated families. Child maintenance payments through both statutory and non-statutory arrangements keep approximately 120,000 children out of poverty each y...
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