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Child Maintenance Service: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for Child Maintenance Service appeals that proceed to a Tribunal.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Ministry of Justice
Tabled
24 Nov 2025
Target answer date
26 Nov 2025
Answer
2 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for Child Maintenance Service appeals that proceed to a Tribunal.

  2. 26 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    Data on Tribunals performance is published by the Ministry of Justice on a quarterly basis. Receipts, disposals and the outstanding caseload for individual Chambers in the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal, the Employment Tribunal and the Employment ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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