Question follow-through · 93348
Independent Case Examiner: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the average time between a Child Maintenance Service complaint being received by the Independent Case Examiner and the issuing of a final decision.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 21 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 7 Jan 2026 · 47 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
21 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the average time between a Child Maintenance Service complaint being received by the Independent Case Examiner and the issuing of a final decision.
25 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Jan 2026
Answer published
As of 31 October 2025, Child Maintenance Service (CMS) cases in investigation waited an average of 25 weeks from the date they were received by the Independent Case Examiner’s office to the date they were allocated to an Investigator. This is a significan...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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