Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 89292
Children: Maintenance
Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025
Question
Luke Akehurst
Labour — North Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the backlog of cases within the Child Maintenance Service; and what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to (a) process new applications and (b) resolve d
Answer
Andrew WesternThe Child Maintenance Service (CMS) have no application or Mandatory Reconsideration (dispute) backlogs. CMS is working on modernising service delivery with an aim of making services more cost efficient, effective, and timely. Both the applications and th...
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