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Review financial support for parents if child maintenance payments can't be made

Submitted by Sara Mason-Parker on Tuesday 27th January 2026

Published on Monday 23rd March 2026

Current status: Open

Open until: Wednesday 23rd September 2026

Current Signatures: 21
(count is updated approximately hourly)

Relevant Departments

Department for Work and Pensions

Tagged with

Access ~ Basics ~ Child ~ Child maintenance ~ Children ~ Ensure ~ Falling ~ Families ~ Forced ~ government intervention ~ Illness ~ Interim ~ Madely ~ Parent ~ Payment ~ Poverty ~ Primary ~ Reviewed ~ Safety ~ Safety Net ~ Severe ~ Unemployment ~ Viewing ~ Wellbeing

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 21 signatures in total, with signatories from 14 constituencies. That makes it the 2,301st most popular open petition, and the 42,109th most popular of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 7% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of -22% (very low).

Signatures by Constituency

Signatures by Region

11 - West Midlands
3 - South East
2 - East of England
2 - South West
1 - North West
1 - Yorkshire and The Humber
1 - London

Signatures by Country

21 - United Kingdom

Notes on geography

Signatures by constituency and region don't necessarily add up to the total number of signatures. That's because the petitions system doesn't validate postcodes, and some people mistype them. And without a valid postcode, a signature cannot be allocated to any particular place.

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