Question follow-through · 2638
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many caseworkers working on Child Maintenance are available across (a) the UK and (b) the devolved nations in the last five years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 May 2026
- Answer
- 21 May 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many caseworkers working on Child Maintenance are available across (a) the UK and (b) the devolved nations in the last five years.
21 May 2026
Target answer date
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21 May 2026
Answer published
The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.The Department is committed to delivering an effective Child Maintenance Service and ensures resourcing is regularly reviewed and deployed efficiently t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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