Petition · past parliament

Enforce CMS /CB to do more checks if child is actually attending education

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Currently there is massive loopholes where a parent with care can claim child benefit and child maintenance without any proper checks in place. The cms have openly admitted they only call the resident parent. This is not a proper investigation
This simple check at the start and mid term could save the government money by not paying unnecessary child benefit. Child benefit do not check that any children are actually attending colleges etc

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

While we can see that you'd like the Government to improve how Child Benefit is allocated, it's not clear exactly how you'd like the CMS to change its processes. You might start a petition asking the CMS to review its process for checking children's school attendance when allocating child benefits.

Timeline

10 Mar 2022 Petition opened for signatures
15 Mar 2022 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 15 Mar 2022

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