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Work and Pensions
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Pension Schemes Bill 2024-26
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Employment support for disabled people
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Commons - Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee - Debate - General Committee
Mesothelioma Lump Sum Payments (Conditions and Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
Department: Department for Work and Pensions
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Lords - Orders and regulations - Grand Committee
Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2026
Department: Department for Work and Pensions
MP: Baroness Sherlock
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Commons - Motion - Main Chamber
Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2026
Department: Department for Work and Pensions
MP: Torsten Bell
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Debate on motion to approve the Draft Social Security Benefits Up-Rating Order 2026
Department: Department for Work and Pensions
MP: Stephen Timms
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Lords - Orders and regulations - Grand Committee
Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order 2026
Department: Department for Work and Pensions
MP: Baroness Sherlock
Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Work and Pensions

Feb. 09 2026

Source Page: Government reforms welfare system to support people into work
Document: Government reforms welfare system to support people into work (webpage)
Written Question
Children: Maintenance
Monday 9th February 2026

Asked by: Ian Sollom (Liberal Democrat - St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on (a) improving access to and (b) streamlining the enforcement processes of the Child Maintenance Service.

Answered by Andrew Western - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

The Government intends to remove the Direct Pay service and thereby speed up detection of non-compliance. Moving to a single, strengthened Collect and Pay system will allow the CMS to monitor all payments, identify missed or partial payments immediately, and take faster enforcement action. Ahead of this change, the CMS is already moving non-compliant parents more quickly from Direct Pay to Collect and Pay.

To further improve arrears collection, the CMS will introduce administrative liability orders (ALOs) to replace the current court-based process. This will streamline enforcement, reduce delays, and help the CMS act more quickly against parents who avoid their responsibilities. Work with HM Courts and Tribunals Service and the Scottish Government is underway, and regulations will be brought to Parliament as soon as possible.