Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 109846

Children: Maintenance

Tabled: 30 January 2026
Answered: 9 February 2026

Question

Matt Vickers

ConservativeStockton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many an what percentage of cases concerning the Child Maintenance Service referred to Independent Case Examiners were (a) wholly upheld, (b) partially upheld and (c) wholly dismissed in each of the

Answer

Andrew Western
The Independent Case Examiner publishes an Annual Report each year. Data relating to upheld rates for DWP and its individual service lines, including the Child Maintenance Service, for the years being requested, can be found within those reports.The Indep...

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