Question follow-through · 58095
Child Maintenance Service: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to increase resourcing for the Child Maintenance Service.
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
- 6 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 12 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to increase resourcing for the Child Maintenance Service.
10 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jun 2025
Answer published
As more customers apply to the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) the demand for our service is increasing. To allow us to meet this demand and provide an efficient service we continuously look at the resources we have and where we should focus our efforts t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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