Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 25942
Children: Maintenance
Tabled: 22 January 2025
Answered: 30 January 2025
Question
Jack Rankin
Conservative — Windsor
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many child maintenance administrative liability orders were rejected by courts in each year between 2021 and 2024; and for what reasons courts rejected these applications.
Answer
Andrew WesternWhere parents fail to take responsibility for paying for their children, the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) will not hesitate to use the range of enforcement powers available, and a liability order facilitates this.A liability order allows the CMS to for...
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