Question follow-through · 13587
Child Maintenance Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including consideration of coercive and controlling behaviour between parents into Child Maintenance Service calculations and decision-making proce
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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
- 26 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 30 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 6 Jul 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including consideration of coercive and controlling behaviour between parents into Child Maintenance Service calculations and decision-making proce
30 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Jul 2026
Answer published
Whilst calculation and decision-making processes are set out in legislation, and decision makers must act in accordance with those statutory provisions, the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is committed to ensuring victims and survivors of abuse get the he...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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