Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 3503

Children: Maintenance

Tabled: 30 August 2024

Answered: 9 September 2024

Question

Julia Buckley

Labour — Shrewsbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help tackle unpaid child maintenance.

Answer

Andrew Western

The Department plans to bring forward changes to allow the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to make an administrative liability order against a person who has failed to pay child maintenance and is in arrears. The administrative liability order will replac...

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