AQW 17937/22-27

Ms Kate Nicholl
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 11/11/2024
Answered On Date: 02/12/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Communities to provide clarification on the Child Maintenance Service’s policy of pursuing payments missed by paying parents.

Answer:

Where a parent with care reports missed payments by the paying parent, the Child Maintenance Service can take action to move the case to the Collect and Pay Service so payments can be monitored and where necessary, the Child Maintenance Service can take enforcement action to re-establish compliance.

The Child Maintenance Service will support parents on the Direct Pay Service with periodic text message reminders to make their child maintenance payment or report missed payments.