Suella Braverman MP: written questions

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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Written questions

Children: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of disputed Child Maintenance Service cases on people's health.
Answer: When a client is dissatisfied, The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) tries to resolve the issue as quickly as possible, without the need for a formal complaint. If the client remains dissatisfied, the Department for Work and Pensions Complaints Team looks a...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
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Children: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to increase oversight of Child Maintenance Service enforcement via (a) independent bodies and (b) ombudsmen.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service will do everything within its powers to make sure parents comply. Where parents fail to take responsibility for paying for their children, the CMS will not hesitate to use the range of enforcement powers available. The CMS is...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
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Children: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to conduct a full audit of Child Maintenance Service accounts and third-party payments in the last ten years.
Answer: Since 2012 the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) has been an operational directorate of the Department for Work and Pensions. The operational costs of running the CMS are included within the overall Departmental accounts that are published annually. These a...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
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Housing Benefit and Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's reports entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, and Spring Statement 2025 health and
Answer: Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper has been published here ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper’(opens in a new tab).A further programme of analysis to support development of the ...
Answered 9 May 2025
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Affordable Housing: Housing BenefitDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of maintaining the level of Housing Benefit until 2026 on the affordability of housing for people on Housing Benefit.
Answer: Both Housing Benefit and the housing element of Universal Credit provide support for renters in the private and social rented sectors. The Local Housing Allowance (LHA) determines the maximum housing support for households claiming either benefit can rece...
Answered 1 May 2025
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Child Maintenance ServiceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45714More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the Child Maintenance Service’s ability to secure outstanding loans.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) does not provide loans. The CMS encourage paying parents to pay their maintenance on time and in full to avoid accrual of arrears. Where a paying parent fails to pay child maintenance on time or in full, the CMS aims to...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Children: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to expand the ability of bailiffs to enter a place of work to secure outstanding Child Maintenance Service loans.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) does not provide loans. The CMS encourage paying parents to pay their maintenance on time and in full to avoid accrual of arrears. Where a paying parent fails to pay child maintenance on time or in full, the CMS aims to...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Children: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has plans for securing outstanding Child Maintenance Service payments when the party in arrears declares they have no fixed place of work.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is committed to ensuring separated parents support their children financially, taking robust enforcement action against those who do not. Where parents fail to pay their child maintenance, the Service will not hesitate ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Children: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has plans for securing outstanding Child Maintenance Service payments when the party in arrears declares they have no fixed address.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is committed to ensuring separated parents support their children financially, taking robust enforcement action against those who do not. Where parents fail to pay their child maintenance, the Service will not hesitate ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Children: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to increase the ability of the Child Maintenance Service to access bank accounts held in joint names for securing outstanding payments.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) has a range of strong enforcement powers that are designed to get money flowing quickly, prevent the build-up of arrears and ensure children get the financial support they deserve.When a paying parent does not make main...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Children: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of Child Maintenance Service cases where bank accounts held in a joint name prohibited payment.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) has a range of strong enforcement powers that are designed to get money flowing quickly, prevent the build-up of arrears and ensure children get the financial support they deserve.When a paying parent does not make main...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Children: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has plans for the compensation of children in Child Maintenance Service cases where the debt is cancelled.
Answer: In 2012, powers were introduced which allowed the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to write off historic Child Support Agency (CSA) and CMS debt in specific scenarios where it would be unfair or inappropriate to enforce liability. Examples of these scenari...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Children: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45707More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the timescale for the cancellation of debts owed to the Child Maintenance Service.
Answer: In 2012, powers were introduced which allowed the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to write off historic Child Support Agency (CSA) and CMS debt in specific scenarios where it would be unfair or inappropriate to enforce liability. Examples of these scenari...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Cabinet Office	4
Department for Business and Trade	2
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	5
Department for Education	15
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	3
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	4
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	2
Department for Transport	13
Department for Work and Pensions	13
Department of Health and Social Care	21
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	9
Home Office	55
Ministry of Defence	2
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	12
Ministry of Justice	12
Treasury	12

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