United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 111491
Children: Maintenance
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6 February 2026
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23 February 2026 · Answer
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23 February 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to (a) improve the Child Maintenance Service and (b) ensure that payments are made.
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6 February 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to (a) improve the Child Maintenance Service and (b) ensure that payments are made.
Source: Commons
23 February 2026
Answer
The Government’s aim is for the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to remove the direct pay service in order to tackle non-compliance more quickly. This change will be made when Parliamentary time allows. Moving to a single, strengthened Collect and Pay syst...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-02-06/111491
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1879262
- uk · wq-1879262 · source updated 23 February 2026