Child maintenance payments

Parents who refuse to pay child maintenance could face curfews, as Ministers plan new powers for the Child Maintenance Service.

The change is being considered as part of fresh proposals that will get more of the money that is owed to the children of separated parents.

The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) collected or arranged £1 billion in child maintenance payments last year,...

Children of separated parents are set to benefit from changes to the Child Maintenance Service announced today (14 March 2022) as new powers are revealed.

From: Department for Work and Pensions and Baroness Deborah Stedman-Scott OBE DL

Published 14 March 2022

The new powers being introduced will expand the list of companies and organisations required to provide information...