Question follow-through · 122266
Child Maintenance Service: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Child Maintenance Service is taking to rectify technical errors in its automated billing system that result in paying parents receiving multiple, conflicting requests for different paymen
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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
- 19 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 20 Apr 2026 · 32 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Child Maintenance Service is taking to rectify technical errors in its automated billing system that result in paying parents receiving multiple, conflicting requests for different paymen
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) has not identified any errors in our accounting system. For each case CMS maintain a full record of what is owed, what has been paid, and any balances outstanding. It ensures any over- or under-payments are fully reconc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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