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Child Maintenance

Status: Closed Opened: 12 Jan 2022 Closed: 14 Oct 2022 7 recommendations 29 conclusions 1 report

The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) - set up in 2012 to replace the previous Child Support Agency - is for separated families who have not been able to reach a private arrangement about how their children’s living costs will be paid. The Department for Work and Pensions estimates that £934 million of statutory child maintenance …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Ninth Report - Child Maintenance HC 255 22 Jun 2022 36 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
7 Recommendation Ninth Report - Child Maintenance Deferred

The Department’s ability to collect child maintenance is limited by the affordability of payments and...

The Department’s ability to collect child maintenance is limited by the affordability of payments and the system risks creating a poverty trap for some Paying Parents. More than two-thirds of Paying Parents on Collect & Pay and over a quarter of those on Direct Pay say the payments are not …

Government response. The department cannot set out its plans to review affordability of liabilities as this relies upon a policy decision, but the department is considering its plans and will update the Work and Pensions Committee in due course.
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Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
16 Mar 2022 Arlene Sugden · Department for Work and Pensions, Hilda Massey · Department for Work and Pensions, Peter Schofield · Department for Work and Pensions View ↗