Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 97239
Children: Maintenance
Tabled: 4 December 2025
Answered: 12 December 2025
Question
Matt Vickers
Conservative — Stockton West
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for child maintenance enforcement actions.
Answer
Andrew WesternThe Child Maintenance Service (CMS) will do everything it can to address the non-payment of child maintenance and ensure appropriate enforcement action is taken in a timely manner.Enforcement action can include deductions from earnings orders, or from ban...
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