questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the backlog of cases within the Child Maintenance Service; and what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to (a) process new applications and (b) resolve disputes.
answerText: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) have no application or Mandatory Reconsideration (dispute) backlogs. CMS is working on modernising service delivery with an aim of making services more cost efficient, effective, and timely. Both the applications and th...
heading: Children: Maintenance