Question follow-through · 20785

Child Maintenance Service: Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2024 to Question 15843 on Child Maintenance Service: Courts, how many liability orders have been (a) applied for by the Child Maintenance Service and (b) granted by

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
17 Dec 2024
Target answer date
19 Dec 2024
Answer
20 Dec 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2024 to Question 15843 on Child Maintenance Service: Courts, how many liability orders have been (a) applied for by the Child Maintenance Service and (b) granted by

  2. 19 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    In response to question (a) the Child Maintenance Service applied for approximately;17,800 liability orders between October 2023 and September 2024,15,100 liability orders between October 2022 and September 2023, and11,300 liability orders between October...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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