Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 98424

Children: Maintenance

Tabled: 9 December 2025
Answered: 16 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Tom Tugendhat

ConservativeTonbridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the current total value is of child maintenance arrears.

Answer

Andrew Western
The Child Maintenance Service is committed to ensuring that child maintenance is paid in full and on time, and where arrears occur we take robust action to recover money owed to children and families. The Department publishes quarterly statistics for the ...

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