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UIN 121969

Children: Maintenance

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answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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18 March 2026

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26 March 2026 · Answer

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26 March 2026

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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases in the last three years involved child maintenance payments being incorrectly refunded to the paying parent due to clerical error; and what steps the Department is taking to reduce such e

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  1. 18 March 2026

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases in the last three years involved child maintenance payments being incorrectly refunded to the paying parent due to clerical error; and what steps the Department is taking to reduce such e

    Source: Commons

  2. 26 March 2026

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    This information is not readily available and providing it would incur disproportionate cost.The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) works to ensure cases are kept up to date and payments are processed accurately, with controls in place to minimise incorrect ...

    Source: Written answer

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