Question follow-through · 13588

Child Maintenance Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the seven-day deadline for providing information in support of a Child Maintenance Service mandatory reconsideration request, including for working parents

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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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

  1. 26 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the seven-day deadline for providing information in support of a Child Maintenance Service mandatory reconsideration request, including for working parents

  2. 30 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    If a parent feels that a child maintenance calculation decision is incorrect, they can ask the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to look at the decision again. This is known as a Mandatory Reconsideration. If they remain dissatisfied following the Mandatory...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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