Question follow-through · 32765
Child Maintenance Service: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time is for Child Maintenance Service Mandatory Reconsideration decisions.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 21 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 27 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time is for Child Maintenance Service Mandatory Reconsideration decisions.
27 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) aim to complete each Mandatory Reconsideration within 28 days (20 working days). The average clearance time for a Mandatory Reconsiderations is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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