Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 95670
Children: Maintenance
Tabled: 1 December 2025
Answered: 8 December 2025
Named DayQuestion
Tom Tugendhat
Conservative — Tonbridge
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 WesternThe 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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