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Children: Maintenance

Asked by Ben GoldsboroughLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 80343

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Maintenance Service cases were reviewed by the Independent Case Examiner in each of the last ten years.

Answered by Andrew Western

There are several ways in which complaints escalated to the Independent Case Examiner (ICE) can be concluded – resolution, settlement or investigation.

This table shows the total volumes of Child Maintenance Service (CMS) cases ICE concluded in each of the last ten operational years, and comprises of cases concluded by resolution, settlement and investigation.

CMS

2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

2024/25

Total

335

370

313

328

278

355

592

807

1253

941

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