Question follow-through · 121585
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department last reviewed the Child Maintenance Service’s policy framework for modern shared-care arrangements; and whether the Service plans to reform its policies on cases where both parents a
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 17 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 25 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department last reviewed the Child Maintenance Service’s policy framework for modern shared-care arrangements; and whether the Service plans to reform its policies on cases where both parents a
19 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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25 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises that shared care arrangements can play an important role in supporting children to maintain relationships with both parents after separation. In the child maintenance system, shared care is reflected in the maintenance calculatio...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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