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Child Maintenance Enforcement Acceleration

Child Maintenance Enforcement Acceleration, led by the Department for Work and Pensions, aims to improve the speed and effectiveness of child maintenance collection through enhanced enforcement powers and streamlined processes. The policy is being implemented under the Child Support (Enforcement) Act 2023, with recent government consultation responses and proposals including deduction from earnings orders.

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2026

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27 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Work and Pensions linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing the Child Maintenance Service to issue a deduction from earnings order rather

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing the Child Maintenance Service to issue a deduction from earnings order rather than a deduction of earnings request …

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2024

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12 Feb 2024 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Child Maintenance: Accelerating Enforcement — outcome published

This consultation seeks views on proposed legislative changes that affect enforcement of child maintenance arrears.

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↓ Child Maintenance: Accelerating Enforcement (10pp) ↓ Cynhaliaeth Plant: Cyflymu Gorfodaeth (10pp) ↓ Child Maintenance: Accelerating Enforcement: Government res… ↓ Cynhaliaeth Plant: Cyflymu Gorfodaeth: Ymateb y llywodraeth…

2023

11 events
24 Nov 2023 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Child Maintenance: Accelerating Enforcement — consultation closed

This consultation seeks views on proposed legislative changes that affect enforcement of child maintenance arrears.

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↓ Child Maintenance: Accelerating Enforcement (10pp) ↓ Cynhaliaeth Plant: Cyflymu Gorfodaeth (10pp) ↓ Child Maintenance: Accelerating Enforcement: Government res… ↓ Cynhaliaeth Plant: Cyflymu Gorfodaeth: Ymateb y llywodraeth…
2 Oct 2023 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Child Maintenance: Accelerating Enforcement — consultation opened

This consultation seeks views on proposed legislative changes that affect enforcement of child maintenance arrears.

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↓ Child Maintenance: Accelerating Enforcement (10pp) ↓ Cynhaliaeth Plant: Cyflymu Gorfodaeth (10pp) ↓ Child Maintenance: Accelerating Enforcement: Government res… ↓ Cynhaliaeth Plant: Cyflymu Gorfodaeth: Ymateb y llywodraeth…
14 Jul 2023 | Bill stage linked

Child Support (Enforcement) Bill

Third Reading 10:19:00 Motion Moved by Baroness Pidding: That the Bill do now pass. Baroness Pidding (Con): My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lady Redfern, I have a few brief comments to make. I express my sincere gratitude …

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19 Jun 2023 | Bill stage linked

Child Support (Enforcement) Bill

Order of Commitment 15:22:00 Moved by Baroness Redfern: That the order of commitment be discharged. Baroness Redfern (Con): My Lords, I understand that no amendments have been set down to this Bill and that no noble Lord has indicated a …

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19 May 2023 | Bill stage linked

Child Support (Enforcement) Bill

Second Reading 12:45:00 Moved by Baroness Redfern: That the Bill be now read a second time. Baroness Redfern (Con): My Lords, I am pleased to introduce the Child Support (Enforcement) Bill to this place. After gathering significant cross-party support in …

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17 Mar 2023 | Bill stage linked

Child Support (Enforcement) Bill

Bill, not amended in the Public Bill Committee, considered. Third Reading 11:01:00 Katherine Fletcher (South Ribble) (Con): I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. This Bill is an important measure designed to improve the …

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2022

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9 Dec 2022 | Bill stage linked

Child Support (Enforcement) Bill

Second Reading 12:17:00 Siobhan Baillie (Stroud) (Con): I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. It should not be controversial across the House that parents should be responsible for their children unless they really cannot …

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12 Aug 2022 | Consultation (closed) Department for Work and Pensions linked

Child Maintenance: Improving our enforcement powers through the commencement of curfew orders — consultation closed

Consultation seeking views on the proposed introduction of a new enforcement power which is intended to strengthen Child Maintenance Service (CMS) enforcement powers.

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↓ Welsh: Cynhaliaeth Plant: Gwella ein pwerau gorfodi drwy gy…
9 Jul 2022 | Consultation (closed) Department for Work and Pensions linked

Child Maintenance: Improving our enforcement powers through the commencement of curfew orders — consultation opened

Consultation seeking views on the proposed introduction of a new enforcement power which is intended to strengthen Child Maintenance Service (CMS) enforcement powers.

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↓ Welsh: Cynhaliaeth Plant: Gwella ein pwerau gorfodi drwy gy…
22 Jun 2022 | Written evidence linked

Low-income paying parents are more likely to build up child maintenance arrears than those who are higher paid: 46% of paying parents using the CMS did not earn enough to pay income tax (£12,570 in 2021–22), but these parents represented 62% of those with arrears as at March 2021 .Alongside making enforcement more challenging, we received written evidence from a number of non-resident parents who told us about distress and hardship they had experienced being asked for amounts they considered ...

Low-income paying parents are more likely to build up child maintenance arrears than those who are higher paid: 46% of paying parents using the CMS did not earn enough to pay income tax (£12,570 in 2021–22), but these parents represented …

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22 Jun 2022 | Written evidence linked

In 2011, the Department announced that it would close the old Child Support Agency (CSA) schemes and introduce the CMS. It decided, based on its analysis, that it would not be value for money to attempt to collect all the unpaid maintenance debt on the CSA schemes. The Department reduced the historic CSA debt relating to unpaid maintenance by £2.6 billion between December 2018 and March 2021 after deciding to largely write it off.64 Gingerbread, in its written evidence to us, told that it reg...

In 2011, the Department announced that it would close the old Child Support Agency (CSA) schemes and introduce the CMS. It decided, based on its analysis, that it would not be value for money to attempt to collect all the …

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2019

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2018

2 events
12 Jul 2018 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Child Maintenance: a new compliance and arrears strategy — outcome published

This consultation seeks views on a new child maintenance compliance and arrears strategy.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Child Maintenance: a new compliance and arrears… (27pp)
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↓ Child Maintenance: a new compliance and arrears strategy me… (9pp) ↓ Cynhaliaeth Plant: strategaeth newydd ar gyfer cydymffurfia… (28pp) ↓ Cynhaliaeth Plant: papur methodoleg strategaeth newydd ar g… (10pp) ↓ Government response to Child Maintenance: a new compliance … (26pp) ↓ Ymateb y Llywodraeth: Cynhaliaeth Plant: Strategaeth Newydd… (28pp)
8 Feb 2018 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Child Maintenance: a new compliance and arrears strategy — consultation closed

This consultation seeks views on a new child maintenance compliance and arrears strategy.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Child Maintenance: a new compliance and arrears… (27pp)
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↓ Child Maintenance: a new compliance and arrears strategy me… (9pp) ↓ Cynhaliaeth Plant: strategaeth newydd ar gyfer cydymffurfia… (28pp) ↓ Cynhaliaeth Plant: papur methodoleg strategaeth newydd ar g… (10pp) ↓ Government response to Child Maintenance: a new compliance … (26pp) ↓ Ymateb y Llywodraeth: Cynhaliaeth Plant: Strategaeth Newydd… (28pp)

2017

2 events
14 Dec 2017 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Child Maintenance: a new compliance and arrears strategy — consultation opened

This consultation seeks views on a new child maintenance compliance and arrears strategy.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Child Maintenance: a new compliance and arrears… (27pp)
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↓ Child Maintenance: a new compliance and arrears strategy me… (9pp) ↓ Cynhaliaeth Plant: strategaeth newydd ar gyfer cydymffurfia… (28pp) ↓ Cynhaliaeth Plant: papur methodoleg strategaeth newydd ar g… (10pp) ↓ Government response to Child Maintenance: a new compliance … (26pp) ↓ Ymateb y Llywodraeth: Cynhaliaeth Plant: Strategaeth Newydd… (28pp)

2016

2 events