Question follow-through · 56257

Child Maintenance Service: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting times for the Child Maintenance Service phone line.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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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
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
5 Jun 2025
Answer
5 Jun 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting times for the Child Maintenance Service phone line.

  2. 5 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Child Maintenance Service are committed to delivering the best possible service to all customers within our growing caseload. We continuously monitor telephony performance and through this fully recognise that call waiting times are at times longer th...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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