Question follow-through · 108341
Child Maintenance Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Child Maintenance Service's arrears department is (i) office based and (ii) staffed through home working; how many people work for that team; what their response time is; and whether that re
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
- 26 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 28 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 9 Feb 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Child Maintenance Service's arrears department is (i) office based and (ii) staffed through home working; how many people work for that team; what their response time is; and whether that re
28 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) arrears department operates using a combination of office‑based and hybrid working arrangements. CMS currently offers the opportunity to work a minimum of 60% of time in the office with 40% at home, although staff can c...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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