Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 80450

Children: Maintenance

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025

Question

Sarah Gibson

Liberal DemocratChippenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the total amount of child maintenance arrears owed to date in Wiltshire; and how this compares to the national average.

Answer

Andrew Western
The information requested on the total amount of child maintenance arrears owed in Wiltshire is not readily available and would incur disproportionate cost to obtain. The Department publishes Child Maintenance Service (CMS) statistics regularly and the re...

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