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Review the child maintenance service

Submitted by Anas El-Hamri on Saturday 23rd November 2024

Published on Tuesday 14th January 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Monday 14th July 2025

Signatures: 746

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2 years ~ Benefits ~ Child ~ Child maintenance ~ concerns ~ Direct ~ Forced ~ paying ~ Reviewed ~ Run ~ system ~ Unexpected ~ work ~ Years

Petition Action

Review the child maintenance service

Petition Details

Review the child maintenance service.

Additional Information

Review how the child maintenance service is run. We think the child maintenance service makes it very difficult for paying parents to work, due to high calculations and unexpected arrears. Some parents may refuse to go into direct pay because of concerns about the system. Some parents feel forced to stay on benefits, as they may not be able to afford to pay the arrears within 2 years, and think the monthly payments if they were to work would be unaffordable.


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