Question follow-through · 123755
Child Maintenance Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to improve transparency in Child Maintenance Service decision-making.
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
- 25 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 13 Apr 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to improve transparency in Child Maintenance Service decision-making.
13 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is committed to making its decisions clear, accessible, and transparent.Whenever a decision is made that affects a child maintenance calculation or payment arrangements, CMS issues notifications to customers explaining ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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