A question on #Children #Maintenance tabled by Callum Anderson on 25-06-2025 has been answered by Andrew Western.

Heading: Children: Maintenance
Question ID: 1816516
UIN: 62791
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-25
Asking Member ID: 5193
Asking Member display name: Callum Anderson
Asking Member handle: _CallumAnderson
Asking Member Twitter reference: @_CallumAnderson
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 removing the Direct Pay option on levels of compliance with child maintenance payments among non-resident parents.
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Date answered: 2025-07-04
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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: Reforms will introduce a single service where all payments will be monitored enabling the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to identify missed, late, or partial payments in real time. This will enable swift enforcement action to restore compliance and incre...
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Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
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