Child Maintenance Service: Information Sharing
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to enable data sharing between Government departments and the Child Maintenance Service for the purposes of locating a non-resident parent.
Answered by Andrew Western
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) have access to a wide range of information providers including HM Revenue and Customs, local authorities and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, which will help establish the correct last known or notified address of a parent.
The Child Support Information Regulations 2008 provides a legal requirement for certain individuals and bodies to provide information needed to determine child maintenance applications and decisions. Please see link with further information on certain individuals and bodies: The Child Support Information Regulations 2008.
Any person requested to provide information must provide the information or evidence if it is in their possession or if they can reasonably be expected to obtain it. The information requested must be provided to the CMS as soon is reasonably practicable.
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