Petition · past parliament
Child Maintenance to be paid to receiving parent in vouchers for food/clothes.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Currently a parent will pay the ex spouse an amount of money calculated by Child Maintenance Service (CMS). This money goes directly into the account of the parent with primary care. Unfortunately this results in money being spent on alcohol, cigarettes, tattoos and not on the children.
Child Maintenance to be converted into vouchers so it can be specifically used to benefit the children eg. Supermarket vouchers for clothes/food/toiletries and banned on alcohol and cigarettes.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 12 May 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 13 Jun 2019 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
13 Jun 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.