A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #Standards tabled by Jo Platt on 02-07-2025 has been answered by Andrew Western.

Heading: Child Maintenance Service: Standards
Question ID: 1818697
UIN: 64471
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-07-02
Asking Member ID: 4673
Asking Member display name: Jo Platt
Asking Member handle: JoPlattLeigh
Asking Member Twitter reference: @JoPlattLeigh
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Government’s response to the consultation entitled Child Maintenance: Improving the Collection and Transfer of Payments, published on 23 June 2025, what steps she is taking to prev
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Date answered: 2025-07-10
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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: By replacing Direct Pay, we will tackle non-compliance, reduce opportunities for domestic abuse and lift children out of poverty. As part of this, we will require all those parents who are non-compliant to pay a 20% collection fee. We do not envisage ther...
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Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
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