Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 25941

Children: Maintenance

Tabled: 22 January 2025
Answered: 27 January 2025

Question

Jack Rankin

ConservativeWindsor

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to (a) end direct pay arrangements and (b) use the collect and pay model for all future child maintenance agreements; and what estimate her Department has made of the number

Answer

Andrew Western
A consultation on proposed reforms to the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) was published by the previous Government on 8 May 2024. This included removing Direct Pay and managing all CMS cases in one service to allow the CMS to tackle non-compliance faster,...

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