Question follow-through · 98231
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of mechanisms the Child Maintenance Service has to verify care arrangements with (a) local authorities and (b) schools; and whether collection action can be p
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 8 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 16 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of mechanisms the Child Maintenance Service has to verify care arrangements with (a) local authorities and (b) schools; and whether collection action can be p
10 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Dec 2025
Answer published
To qualify for maintenance payments a child must meet the Child Maintenance Service's (CMS) criteria. They must be under 20 years of age and in full time non-advanced education or approved training, and eligible for Child Benefit. They must also be habitu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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