A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #DomesticAbuse tabled by Helen Maguire on 28-04-2025 has been answered by Andrew Western.

Heading: Child Maintenance Service: Domestic Abuse
Question ID: 1798152
UIN: 48813
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-04-28
Asking Member ID: 5336
Asking Member display name: Helen Maguire
Asking Member handle: helenemaguire
Asking Member Twitter reference: @helenemaguire
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to prevent the Child Maintenance Service being used in coercive and controlling behaviour by abusive ex-partners (a) by malicious reporting to the (i) police and (ii)
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Date answered: 2025-05-06
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4979
Answering Member display name: Andrew Western
Answering Member handle: andrewhwestern
Answering Member Twitter reference: @andrewhwestern
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Answer text: The Child Maintenance Service is committed to ensuring that it delivers a safe service that is sensitive to the needs of all the parents that use its service. We recognise that some parents may face difficult circumstances, particularly at a time of separ...
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Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
Tweeted: true