A question on #Children #Maintenance tabled by Freddie van Mierlo on 03-07-2025 has been answered by Andrew Western.

Heading: Children: Maintenance
Question ID: 1819324
UIN: 64935
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-07-03
Asking Member ID: 5296
Asking Member display name: Freddie van Mierlo
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Freddie van Mierlo
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to increase the powers of (a) enforcement and (b) collection of the Child Maintenance Service.
Is named day: true
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Date answered: 2025-07-08
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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 (CMS) is committed to ensuring separated parents support their children financially, taking robust enforcement action against those who do not. If someone chooses not to pay their maintenance themselves, the CMS has administr...
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Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
Tweeted: true