Submitted on Monday 9th March 2026
Rejected on Friday 10th April 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Child maintenance support needs review.
Child maintenance should support a child’s reasonable needs, not automatically scale indefinitely with a parent’s income. The current system unfairly penalises earning progression and lacks transparency.
The Child Maintenance Service calculates payments as a percentage of the paying parent’s income. This means payments automatically rise with income even when a child’s needs have not changed. We ask to review the system to introduce reasonable caps, consider actual child costs, recognise direct contributions such as school fees or childcare, and explore appropriate transparency measures so maintenance better reflects genuine child needs. More info: https://www.change.org/child_support
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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Have a set maximum amount for child maintenance per child. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/756699
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