Petition · past parliament

Commence an urgent review of the Child Maintenance Service Policies/Procedures.

Closed 83 signatures

What the petition asks

The service levels offered by the Child Maintenance Service are exceptionally poor, staff are unhelpful and do not carry out instructions within reasonable timescales. Also, the use of Gross Income in the calculations is unfair and takes no account of paying parents financial circumstances.
I have suffered from numerous issues created by this agency and am being financially disadvantaged by them and I am sure I am not alone. Whilst the majority of paying parents have no issue paying maintenance, it is unfair and unjust that payments do not take into account the financial circumstances of either the paying or the receiving parent.

Timeline

5 Aug 2016 Petition opened for signatures
5 Feb 2017 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 83
Status Closed
Opened 5 Aug 2016
Closed 5 Feb 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.