Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the number of parents who did not receive their child maintenance payments on time in the last 12 months.

The Child Maintenance Service does not hold data on the timeliness of payments; however, we do hold data on the number of Child Maintenance arrangements on the statutory scheme and the collection of maintenance.

The Department publishes the quarterly statistics for the Child Maintenance Service. Please refer to tables 4 and 5 of the National Tables for data on child maintenance arrangements and collection: national-tables-child-maintenance-service-to-june-2024.ods

The Department is dedicated to ensuring parents meet their financial obligations to children and the Child Maintenance Service will do everything within its powers to make sure parents comply.