Question follow-through · 41280
Child Maintenance Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Gingerbread report entitled Fix the CMS, published on 25 November 2024, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of enabling Child Maintenance Service users
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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
- 25 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 1 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Gingerbread report entitled Fix the CMS, published on 25 November 2024, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of enabling Child Maintenance Service users
27 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is committed to delivering the best possible digital service for our customers. The CMS Service Modernisation Programme has delivered improvements to the customer experience, enabling parents to access their case on-lin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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