Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 89114
Children: Maintenance
Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025
Question
James McMurdock
Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the proportion of paying parents who have (a) avoided and (b) reduced child maintenance payments through (i) advance benefit payments and (ii) other similar me
Answer
Andrew WesternThe Child Maintenance Service (CMS) recognises the importance of ensuring that child maintenance payments are made fairly and consistently, and that children receive the financial support to which they are entitled.In the Autumn Budget 2024, the Chancello...
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