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.