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Children: Maintenance

Asked by Matt VickersConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 9 February 2026UIN 109847

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what percentage of cases concerning the Child Maintenance Service referred to the Parliamentary Health and Health Service Ombudsman were (a) wholly upheld, (b) partially upheld and (c) whol

Answered by Andrew Western

This is a matter for the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s office. The Ombudsman publishes case statistics annually on her website: Publications | Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO)

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