Child Maintenance Service: Staff

(asked on 8th May 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many people and how many full-time equivalent posts work in the Child Maintenance Service (1) as civil servants, and (2) as contractors.


Answered by
Baroness Sherlock Portrait
Baroness Sherlock
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 14th May 2025

As of 30th March 2025, the number of employees working for the Child Maintenance Service is 5,055. This equates to the full-time equivalent (FTE) of 4449.65

The breakdown for (1) civil servants, and (2) contractors are as follow:

Number of Employees

FTE

DWP Civil Servants (GB)

4,078

3502.73

DfCNI Civil Servants (NI)

651

620.92

Contractors (Recruitment Agency NI)

326

326

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