Tom Tugendhat MP: written questions
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Children: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99817More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many paying parents have a nil assessment for child maintenance, including by each reason for a nil assessment.
Answer: The information requested on the number of paying parents with a nil assessment, broken down by each reason for that assessment, is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. A nil assessment for Child Maintenance applies o...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHospices: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98817More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding provisions are being put in place for hospice care, in the context of rising costs of living and changing needs of the staff.
Answer: Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. This promotes a more consistent national approach and supports commissioners in prioritising palliative care and end of life care. To support ICB...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of child maintenance owed is collected within (a) 3, (b) 6 and (c) 12 months of assessment.
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions does not currently publish statistics on what proportion of child maintenance owed is collected within (a) 3, (b) 6 and (c) 12 months of assessment. Therefore, the information requested is not readily available and to ...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the total value of child maintenance arrears has been outstanding for (a) under 12 months, (b) 1 to 3 years, (c) 3 to 7 years and (d) more than 7 years.
Answer: The Department publishes annual accounts for the client funds relating to the statutory child maintenance schemes. The latest accounts for financial year ending 2025 provide relevant figures in Table 1: Analysis of unpaid maintenance by year they originat...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98425More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of child maintenance arrears that are (a) likely to be recovered in full, (b) partly recoverable and (c) unlikely to be recovered.
Answer: Administrative child maintenance schemes have operated in the UK since 1993. This response addresses the position of arrears under the 2012 child maintenance scheme, which has managed new applications since December 2012. There are legislative differences...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98424More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what is the current total value is of child maintenance arrears.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service is committed to ensuring that child maintenance is paid in full and on time, and where arrears occur we take robust action to recover money owed to children and families. The Department publishes quarterly statistics for the ...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: CorrespondenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98423More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what performance metrics his Department uses to evaluate the timeliness and quality of support provided to Members of Parliament when handling child maintenance queries.
Answer: The Department’s internal performance metric is to aim to provide a response to MP and Customer enquiries or complaints within 15 working days or to advise them when to expect a response, if the matter is complex and will take longer. To embed quality and...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Members' Constituency WorkDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97524More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures are in place to ensure that constituency casework can be resolved efficiently, including integration of ministerial databases, improved online access, and prompt communication of case upda
Answer: While not specified in the question, we have linked your query to the Child Maintenance Service (CMS), as you have raised other questions today on this topic. In 2020–21, DWP, introduced a single-tier complaints model to ensure that the process for raisin...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: Electronic GovernmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97523More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what long term reforms to Child Maintenance Service digital services are being considered, including in relation to (a) online self service for parents, (b) real time information sharing with HMRC, and
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is committed to improving digital services and aligning with the Department’s aim to deliver modern, efficient, and responsive services to customers.In June 2025, we published a response to our consultation outlining ou...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPAYE and Self-assessmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97522More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what modelling has the Department conducted on using real-time earnings data to enable immediate recalculation, including (a) real-time PAYE and (b) self-assessment data.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is committed to improving digital services and aligning with the Department’s aim to deliver modern, efficient, and responsive services to customers.In June 2025, we published a response to our consultation outlining ou...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97521More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Maintenance Service cases in the latest year involved a variation request relating to unearned income such as dividends, rental income, or bonuses: and in what proportion of those cases t
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) does not hold centrally collated data specifically categorising variation requests by type of unearned income (e.g., dividends, rental income, bonuses). The information requested is not therefore readily available and t...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps does the Child Maintenance Service have in place to calculate arrears for maintenance payments.
Answer: The Government is dedicated to ensuring parents meet their responsibilities to provide their children with financial support. The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) aims to provide fast, accurate and transparent assessments, based on the paying parent’s inco...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: ComplaintsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96186More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what actions have been taken in response to recommendations made by the Independent Case Examiner in relation to Child Maintenance Service complaints in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) have implemented measures in line with the Independent Case Examiner's recommendations in each of the last five years. Actions include strengthening enforcement processes, improving complaint handling procedures, enhanc...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: ComplaintsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96185More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Maintenance Service cases in each of the last five years the Independent Case Examiner identified maladministration; and what common failings were identified.
Answer: Where the Independent Case Examiner identifies maladministration in cases it investigates, an upheld finding will be reached. Such findings are either upheld, whereby the complaint is fully accepted and evidence supports the complaint, or partially upheld...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: ComplaintsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96184More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints about the Child Maintenance Service were received in each of the last five years, and how many were (a) upheld, (b) partly upheld and (c) not upheld.
Answer: The Department regularly publishes Child Maintenance Service official statistics. The complaints received for quarter ending June 2015 to quarter ending June 2025 are available in Table 11 of the accompanying National tables. A new publication containing ...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96183More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department gives to the Child Maintenance Service to verify income for self-employed parents and those operating via company structures; and what mechanisms are in place to improve acc
Answer: For self-employed paying parents, the gross income used in a maintenance calculation is provided by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in the first instance. HMRC will provide details of the gross taxable profit of the paying parent's business, for the most ...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96182More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Department plans to publish a child maintenance arrears reduction strategy for the next five years.
Answer: This Government is committed to maximising the effectiveness of the Child Maintenance Service (CMS), which plays a vital role in ensuring that children receive the financial support to which they are entitled. Only 7 per cent of the total maintenance due ...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: StandardsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has set performance targets for the Child Maintenance Service on (a) time to initial calculation, (b) time to enforcement following non payment, and (c) customer satisfaction.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) aims to complete 80 percent of initial maintenance calculations within six weeks The Department publishes quarterly statistics for the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) and the latest statistics are currently available to...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken is for initial maintenance calculations; and what the main causes of delay in making those calculations are.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) aims to complete 80 percent of initial maintenance calculations within six weeks The Department publishes quarterly statistics for the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) and the latest statistics are currently available to...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: AppealsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Child Maintenance Service calculations were revised following (a) Mandatory Reconsideration and (b) appeal in each of the last five years; and what the total value of revised liabilities was in
Answer: Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) is the process where a parent asks the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to review a decision before appealing to His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service. It can be requested at any stage of a case or after an unsuccessful ...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: AppealsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) mandatory reconsiderations and (b) appeals have been requested in each of the last five years; and what is the average time it takes the Child Maintenance Service to review these requests.
Answer: Mandatory Reconsideration (MR) is the process where a parent asks the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to review a decision before appealing to His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service. It can be requested at any stage of a case or after an unsuccessful ...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance ServiceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average and maximum response times are for the Child Maintenance Service providing parents with full statements and breakdowns of maintenance calculations and variations on request.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) remains committed to providing timely, transparent, and accurate information to parents.Parents can access full statements at any time via the Child Maintenance Self Service portal, My Child Maintenance Case (MCMC), whi...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new (a) permanent and (b) fixed-term teachers have been appointed since 1 January 2025.
Answer: Information on the school workforce, including the number of teachers in state-funded schools, is published in the ‘School workforce in England’ statistical publication here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workf...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much revenue has been raised by the introduction of VAT on schools; and how much has been spent on student transfers from public to state schools in the same period.
Answer: HM Treasury published a tax information and impact note (TIIN) on applying VAT to independent school fees, which is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-fees/applying-vat-to-private-school-fees#who-is-likely-to-be...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to support Kent County Council with levels of admissions following the introduction of VAT on private schools.
Answer: HM Treasury published a tax information and impact note (TIIN) on applying VAT to independent school fees, which is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-fees/applying-vat-to-private-school-fees#who-is-likely-to-be...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
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