Question follow-through · 87082
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has recently made an assessment of the adequacy of the approach to child maintenance for parents without custody arrangements.
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
- 31 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 6 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
31 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has recently made an assessment of the adequacy of the approach to child maintenance for parents without custody arrangements.
4 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) operates on the principle that both parents have financial responsibility for their child, including their food and clothing, as well as contributing towards the associated costs of running the home that the child lives...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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