Question follow-through · 3505

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many liability orders have been pursued by the Child Maintenance Service since 1 August 2023.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

About this written question

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
30 Aug 2024
Target answer date
3 Sept 2024
Answer
9 Sept 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Aug 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many liability orders have been pursued by the Child Maintenance Service since 1 August 2023.

  2. 3 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    A principle of child maintenance is to increase levels of cooperation between separated parents and encourage parents to meet their responsibilities to provide their children with financial support. Where a family-based child maintenance arrangement is no...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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