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Child Maintenance Service: Standards

Asked by Jo PlattLabour (Co-op)Department for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 10 July 2025UIN 64469

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to introduce legislation to implement the Government’s response to the consultation entitled Child Maintenance: Improving the Collection and Transfer of Payments, published on 23 June 2025.

Answered by Andrew Western

Primary legislation is required to make the change to remove Direct Pay and reform the collection fee structure, meaning these changes will be subject to detailed parliamentary scrutiny. Our intention is to implement these changes as soon as parliamentary time allows.

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