Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 95670

Children: Maintenance

Tabled: 1 December 2025

Answered: 8 December 2025

Named Day

Question

Tom Tugendhat

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken is for initial maintenance calculations; and what the main causes of delay in making those calculations are.

Answer

Andrew Western

The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) aims to complete 80 percent of initial maintenance calculations within six weeks The Department publishes quarterly statistics for the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) and the latest statistics are currently available to...

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