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Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an expedited pathway for Child Maintenance Service cases involving (a) safeguarding concerns, (b) homelessness risk or (c) significan

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an expedited pathway for Child Maintenance Service cases involving (a) safeguarding concerns, (b) homelessness risk or (c) significan
10 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is committed to ensuring that it delivers a safe service that is sensitive to the needs of all the parents that use it. We recognise that some parents may be vulnerable, particularly at a time of separation. It is our p...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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