Submitted on Wednesday 1st October 2025
Rejected on Monday 27th October 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Reform Child Maintenance Service enforcement to prevent repeated non-payment
At present, parents who fail to pay through Direct Pay can be moved onto a Deduction from Earnings Order (DEO), but can default back to DP even with a history of non-payment. Enabling repeated defaulting, leaving children and resident parents without financial support for upto 3 months at a time.
Ensure once a DEO is in place it remains until arrears are cleared and a consistent record of payment is established.
Prevent non-paying parents from defaulting to DP.
Strengthen penalties for persistent non-payment.
Enforcing maintenance obligations consistently and promptly, will protect children from financial harm.
Children are disadvantaged because the system allows repeated non-payment.
Close the loopholes and ensure maintenance obligations are enforced effectively.
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The following petition calls for a similar action:
Take stronger measures to enforce payment of child maintenance arrears.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/739525
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