Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 45707

Children: Maintenance

Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 29 April 2025

Question

Suella Braverman

Reform UKFareham and Waterlooville

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the timescale for the cancellation of debts owed to the Child Maintenance Service.

Answer

Andrew Western
In 2012, powers were introduced which allowed the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to write off historic Child Support Agency (CSA) and CMS debt in specific scenarios where it would be unfair or inappropriate to enforce liability. Examples of these scenari...

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