Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 109847

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 and what percentage of cases concerning the Child Maintenance Service referred to the Parliamentary Health and Health Service Ombudsman were (a) wholly upheld, (b) partially upheld and (c) whol

Answer

Andrew Western
This is a matter for the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s office. The Ombudsman publishes case statistics annually on her website: Publications | Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO)