Petition · past parliament
Child Maintenance Service should Charge Self employed parents the same as PAYE.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Self employed parents have no action taken against them when they miss weekly child maintenance payments or when there is a debt, additionally funds are not being taken direct. Self employed parents are also paying incorrect, lower weekly amounts. Action needs to be taken to prevent this continuing.
Parents lose child maintenance payments each week, because the paying parent is self employed. The child maintenance team advise that the law prevents them from taking any action apart from court action because, they are self employed. The HMRC should be working alongside the child maintenance service to ensure self employed parents are paying the correct weekly amount to their child and any debts should be taken from the paying parents annual rebate. Why are these parents legally not paying.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Reform child maintenance support from self-employed non-resident parents
Timeline
| 8 Aug 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 19 Aug 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
19 Aug 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.