Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Child Maintenance Compliance and Arrears Strategy, published on 12 July 2018, when the trial to refer low debt cases to external contractors under the Child Maintenance Service is planned to (a) commence and (b) end; and when she plans to report the findings from that trial.

We are working through a number of options to deliver this trial. We expect to be in a position to confirm the trial strategy by early Autumn. The results of any trial will be published in due course.