Petition · past parliament · Department for Work and Pensions
Reform child maintenance and benefit calculations to be fair and prevent poverty
Closed
69 signatures
What the petition asks
Make the system fair. If the receiving parent is on benefits then those should be reduced by the amount received in child maintenance.
The income used to calculate the child maintenance rate of the paying parent should be net of taxes, NI and rent. The paying parent's children shouldn’t get less than the receiving parent's.
The current system is putting children in poverty. It is punishing working parents and rewarding those on benefits.
The current system is putting children in poverty. It is punishing working parents and rewarding those on benefits.
Timeline
| 13 Mar 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 13 Sep 2020 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
69
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Work and Pensions
Opened
13 Mar 2020
Closed
13 Sep 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.