Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January to Question 133930, whether the average number of successful prosecutions for fraud following investigation by the Financial Investigation Unit of the Child Maintenance Service since 2014 is fewer than five a year.

For the period July 2020 to date clerical records show there have been in excess of 5 convictions specifically for fraud given by Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

There are also 6 cases awaiting a CPS trial.

Action will be taken with any person who is not paying their Child Maintenance.