Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 29342

Children: Maintenance

Tabled: 5 February 2025
Answered: 10 February 2025
Named Day

Question

David Taylor

LabourHemel Hempstead

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that the Child Maintenance Service takes action against people who are in arrears.

Answer

Andrew Western
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) will do everything within its powers to make sure parents comply and has made significant improvements to the process to speed up action when payments first break down and to target enforcement action more effectively.W...

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