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Sixth Report - Children in poverty: Child Maintenance Service

Work and Pensions Committee HC 272 Published 27 April 2023

Report Status

Government responded

Conclusions & Recommendations

31 items (16 recs)

Source

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Government Response

AI assessment · 31 of 31 classified

Accepted 15

Accepted in Part 1

Acknowledged 7

Deferred 3

Not Addressed 1

Rejected 4

Government response

Seventh Special Report - Children in poverty: Child Maintenance Service: Government Response to the Committee’s Sixth Report · published 6 Jul 2023

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Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

12 Recommendation Not Addressed

Para 58

Set out intended timetable for commencing provisions of Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Bill.

Recommendation

We strongly support the aims of the Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Bill, which would allow domestic abuse cases to skip Direct Pay and move straight to Collect and Pay. We welcome the Government’s support for that legislation. In response … Read more

Government Response Summary

The government details various ongoing actions and reviews within the CMS to support victims of domestic abuse but does not provide a specific timetable for commencing the provisions of the Child Support Collection (Domestic Abuse) Bill as requested.

Department for Work and Pensions

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