Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 104108

Child Maintenance Service: Standards

Tabled: 7 January 2026

Answered: 16 January 2026

Question

Sarah Pochin

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of delays in Child Maintenance Service case reviews on administrative costs.

Answer

Andrew Western

The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) relies on receiving accurate and current information to make child maintenance assessments. If additional or new evidence is provided after a child maintenance assessment has been made for example a Mandatory Reconsider...

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