Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 55567
Children: Maintenance
Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 9 June 2025
Question
Tom Morrison
Liberal Democrat — Cheadle
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many parents who made a request to move from a deduction from earnings order to direct debit subsequently defaulted on their child maintenance payments in each of the last 5 years.
Answer
Andrew WesternThe Child Maintenance Service (CMS) will do everything it can to address the nonpayment of child maintenance. Where payments have defaulted, we use our enforcement powers fairly and quickly to get cases back into payment. The Department publishes quarterl...
ⓘ
This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 55567) →