Child Maintenance Service: Fees and Charges
(asked on 10th October 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Child Maintenance Service has received in collection fees from (a) paying and (b) receiving parents in each of the last five years.
The table below shows collection fees received in each of the last five years, for which audited figures are available.
Collection fees | 2019/2020 | 2020/2021 | 2021/2022 | 2022/2023 | 2023/2024 |
£000 | £000 | £000 | £000 | £000 | |
(a) Paying Parent Collection Fees Received | £34,771 | £34,428 | £38,527 | £41,284 | £48,248 |
(b) Receiving Parent Collection Fees Received | £6,767 | £6,731 | £7,494 | £8,036 | £9,421 |
(a+b) Total Collection Fees Received | £41,538 | £41,159 | £46,021 | £49,319 | £57,669 |