Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 104109
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 he has made of the potential impact of delays in Child Maintenance Service case reviews on the likelihood of later corrective or enforcement action.
Answer
Andrew WesternThe 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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