A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #FeesAndCharges tabled by Zöe Franklin on 23-06-2025 has been answered by Andrew Western.

Heading: Child Maintenance Service: Fees and Charges
Question ID: 1815517
UIN: 62004
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-23
Asking Member ID: 5313
Asking Member display name: Zöe Franklin
Asking Member handle: zoefranklinld
Asking Member Twitter reference: @zoefranklinld
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Child Maintenance Service late payment fees being deducted from maintenance payments on receiving parents and children.
Is named day: false
Date of holding answer:
Date answered: 2025-07-01
Date answer corrected:
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
Correcting Member ID:
Correcting Member display name:
Correcting Member handle:
Correcting Member Twitter reference:
Answer text: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) does not charge late payment fees. It does charge fees to paying parents and receiving parents who are on the Collect and Pay service: twenty per cent on top of the maintenance liability for the paying parent and four p...
Original answer text:
Comparable answer text:
Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
Tweeted: true