Source · Select Committees · Work and Pensions Committee
Recommendation 4
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Require Government to set out plans improving effectiveness and speed of child maintenance enforcement
Recommendation
For many receiving parents child maintenance payments are vital to avoiding or at least stymying the effects of hardship but enforcement is currently slow and often ineffective. We have heard that, while enforcement on Collect and Pay has improved, for many receiving parents enforcement remains ineffective in securing maintenance. We support the aims of the Child Support (Enforcement) Bill to allow for more timely enforcement of maintenance payments and regard effective enforcement as remaining a key priority for improvement. In its response to this Report, the Government should set out plans to improve the effectiveness and speed of current enforcement measures.
Paragraph Reference:
34
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 6 July 2023. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗