Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 93348

Independent Case Examiner: Standards

Tabled: 21 November 2025
Answered: 7 January 2026

Question

David Davis

ConservativeGoole and Pocklington

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the average time between a Child Maintenance Service complaint being received by the Independent Case Examiner and the issuing of a final decision.

Answer

Andrew Western
As of 31 October 2025, Child Maintenance Service (CMS) cases in investigation waited an average of 25 weeks from the date they were received by the Independent Case Examiner’s office to the date they were allocated to an Investigator. This is a significan...

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