Question follow-through · 18489
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average investigation timescale is for referrals by the Child Maintenance Service to the Financial Investigation Unit.
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
- 13 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 5 Aug 2026 · 23 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average investigation timescale is for referrals by the Child Maintenance Service to the Financial Investigation Unit.
15 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Aug 2026
Answer published
Where a parent provides credible evidence that income has been misrepresented, the case may be referred to the Financial Investigations Unit (FIU). The FIU investigates whether the financial information used in the child maintenance assessment is correct ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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