Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 45711

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, whether her Department has plans for securing outstanding Child Maintenance Service payments when the party in arrears declares they have no fixed address.

Answer

Andrew Western
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is committed to ensuring separated parents support their children financially, taking robust enforcement action against those who do not. Where parents fail to pay their child maintenance, the Service will not hesitate ...

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