Child Maintenance

Inquiry by the Public Services Committee, 11 March 2025 to 8 June 2026. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• 3rd Report - Reforming the Child Maintenance Service (14 October 2025)
• Government Response - Child Maintenance Service (9 January 2026)
• Letter Conveying DWP Response to Public Services Committee Letter Sent For Clarifying Answers (06 March 2026) (19 March 2026)

Evidence sessions

• 19 March 2025: Simon Hunter, Department for Work & Pensions; Duncan Gilchrist, Department for Work & Pensions; Elaine Squires, Department for Work & Pensions; Chris Smith, Department for Work & Pensions
• 26 March 2025: Dave Hawkey, Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR); Sam Morfey, Both Parents Matter; Sarah Lambert, Gingerbread, the charity for single parent families
• 2 April 2025: Dr Laura Robertson, Poverty Alliance; Abby Jitendra, Joseph Rowntree Foundation
• 7 May 2025: Naomi Wiseman, Family Law Bar Association; Michelle Counley, NACSA
• 25 June 2025: Baroness Sherlock OBE, Department of Work and Pensions; Department for Work and Pensions; Department for Work and Pensions; Department of Work and Pensions