Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 101416

Children: Maintenance

Tabled: 18 December 2025

Answered: 6 January 2026

Named Day

Question

Tom Tugendhat

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the annual collection rate is for child maintenance under (a) Collect and Pay and (b) Direct Pay.

Answer

Andrew Western

The Department regularly publishes Child Maintenance Service official statistics, with the latest statistics available to September 2025. Table 4 and Table 5 of the accompanying National tables provide information on the amount of child maintenance that s...

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