Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 50387

Children: Maintenance

Tabled: 6 May 2025
Answered: 12 May 2025

Question

Cat Eccles

LabourStourbridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the merits of writing off debt payments for Child Support Agency payments valued below £500.

Answer

Andrew Western
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) has the ability to write off Child Support Agency (CSA) debt that is £500 and under in circumstances where no payment has been made within the last 90 days and where administrative powers have been considered but were d...

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