Susan Murray MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Child Maintenance ServiceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total operating expenditure of the Child Maintenance Service was in the 2024-25 financial year.
Answer: The net operating expenditure of the Child Maintenance Service for the financial year 24/25 is £105.7m.
Answered 25 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121548More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average annual amount of child maintenance paid through the Child Maintenance Service was in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.The department publishes Child Maintenance Service official statistics every three months, with section 8 of the latest bulletin showing that £84.4 mill...
Answered 7 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) paying and (b) receiving parents use the Child Maintenance Service Collect and Pay service; and how many (i) paying and (ii) receiving parents will move onto that service as a result of pro
Answer: As of the end of September 2025, there were 317,100 Receiving Parents and 303,800 Paying Parents using the Collect & Pay service. It is proposed to reform the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) when Parliamentary time allows to create one streamlined ser...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: PaymentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much revenue was generated from fees charged under the Child Maintenance Service Collect and Pay scheme in 2024-25; and what estimate she has made of the total annual revenue expected to be generate
Answer: The table below shows collection fees received in financial year 2024-25.Collection fees2024/2025£000(a) Paying Parent Collection Fees Received£56,993(b) Receiving Parent Collection Fees Received £11,141(a+b) Total Collection Fees Received£68,134 The info...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordEmployment Schemes: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will set out how his Department will ensure that jobs under the Jobs Guarantee scheme are additional, including whether they represent newly created roles or existing vacancies.
Answer: Eligible young people participating in the scheme are likely to have multiple barriers and complex needs which may have prevented them from securing employment. The scheme will break the cycle of unemployment by guaranteeing meaningful paid employment opp...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordEmployment Schemes: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what outcome measures will be used to assess the first phase of the Job Guarantee rollout, and when the Department plans to publish the results.
Answer: As a part of our recent publication on the Jobs Guarantee, the department has published a draft Grant Funding Agreement (GFA) which outlines expected outcome measures that will be used to assess grants administered under phase one of the scheme.Schedule 4...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordEmployment Schemes: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job starts are expected to be delivered in (a) Glasgow and (b) Edinburgh under the first phase of the Jobs Guarantee rollout.
Answer: The first phase of the Jobs Guarantee will provide jobs to more than 1,000 young people in Birmingham & Solihull, East Midlands, Greater Manchester, Hertfordshire & Essex, Central & East Scotland, Southwest & Southeast Wales. In phase one,...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 5 March 2025 from the hon. Member for Mid Dunbartonshire, case reference CMPT12025-20534.
Answer: The Department aims to respond to all correspondences within 20 working days, but there may be instances where there is additional information needed that may cause delays. We are sorry for the length of time it has taken to reply to the Hon. Member. The ...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
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