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Child Maintenance News Archive
Every DWP announcement, consultation, quarterly statistics release and national news story on child maintenance we can find, back to 2003, newest first.
240 items · sources include GOV.UK, Parliament, the BBC and the national press
Last 12 months
Press📄 WalesOnline4 days ago
Child maintenance CMS update as DWP told to launch tough new powers
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Press📺 BBC News1 week ago
Quadruple gold medallist Amy Hunt, Charlotte Church, Child maintenance, Comedian Lucy Porter
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Press📺 BBC News1 week ago
Parents pushed to breaking point by Child Maintenance Service, BBC told
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General📄 Gingerbread3 weeks ago
Gingerbread’s response to recent press coverage on the CMS
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Press📄 The Sun4 weeks ago
Thousands of parents ‘overcharged’ child maintenance payments worth £4.3million – with some ‘driven to suicide’
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Press📄 The Times1 month ago
Parents ‘driven to suicide’ by wrong orders to pay child maintenance
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Press📄 The Sun1 month ago
Ex-Prem ace Wes Morgan ‘hid assets and income to avoid paying two mums child support’
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Official🏛 GOV.UK1 month ago
Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to March 2026
Quarterly statistics on the Child Maintenance Service to March 2026.
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Official🏛 GOV.UK2 months ago
Northern Ireland Child Maintenance Service: Data to March 2026
This provides an overview of the performance of the Child Maintenance Service in Northern Ireland and contains information up to the quarter ending March 2026.
Read on GOV.UK
Official📄 UK Parliament2 months ago
Reforming the Child Maintenance Service: Lords Public Services Committee report
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Press📄 ChronicleLive3 months ago
DWP wrongly 'take £20,000' from dad's bank account after child maintenance error
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Press📺 BBC News3 months ago
'They took £20,000 I didn't owe': Parents hit by child maintenance errors
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Press📄 The Telegraph3 months ago
‘My wife had an affair then took my daughter to the US – but I still have to pay child maintenance’
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Press📄 Metro4 months ago
Why should I continue to pay full child maintenance for a kid I barely see?
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Official🏛 GOV.UK4 months ago
Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to December 2025
Quarterly statistics on the Child Maintenance Service to December 2025.
Read on GOV.UK
Press📄 WalesOnline5 months ago
Dad's shocking attempt to cheat DNA test and squirm out of child maintenance bills
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Official🏛 GOV.UK5 months ago
Northern Ireland Child Maintenance Service: Data to December 2025
This provides an overview of the performance of the Child Maintenance Service in Northern Ireland and contains information up to the quarter ending December 2025.
Read on GOV.UK
Press📄 ITV News5 months ago
'I have had to delay child maintenance': Bin worker forced to cut back after year of reduced pay
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Press📄 Liverpool Echo7 months ago
Child maintenance update from the DWP: what you need to know
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Press📄 Liverpool Echo7 months ago
DWP update after local MP raises questions on child maintenance service
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Official🏛 GOV.UK8 months ago
Northern Ireland Child Maintenance Service: Data to September 2025
This provides an overview of the performance of the Child Maintenance Service in Northern Ireland and contains information up to the quarter ending September 2025.
Read on GOV.UK
Official🏛 GOV.UK8 months ago
Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to September 2025
Quarterly statistics on the Child Maintenance Service to September 2025.
Read on GOV.UK
Official🏛 GOV.UK8 months ago
Child maintenance: client funds account 2024 to 2025
Account for the client funds relating to the 1993, 2003 and 2012 statutory child maintenance schemes for the year 2024 to 2025.
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Press📄 The Sun9 months ago
Ex-Manchester City star and Brazil striker Jo arrested for the FOURTH time over unpaid child maintenance
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Press📄 STV News10 months ago
Changes to Child Maintenance could lift 20,000 Scots children out of poverty
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General📄 Gingerbread10 months ago
Gingerbread hands in Child Maintenance open letter to the Department for Work and Pensions
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Official📄 UK Parliament10 months ago
Extensive improvements to the Child Maintenance Service are essential to ensure children in separated families stay out of poverty Lords Committee
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Press📄 Manchester Evening News10 months ago
Children's doctor convicted of child maintenance fraud loses bid to return to work
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Official🏛 GOV.UK10 months ago
Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to June 2025
Quarterly statistics on the Child Maintenance Service to June 2025.
Read on GOV.UK
Press📄 Today's Family Lawyer11 months ago
What will the inquiry into Child Maintenance Service mean for families?
Read on Today's Family Lawyer
Official🏛 GOV.UK11 months ago
Northern Ireland Child Maintenance Service: Data to June 2025
This provides an overview of the performance of the Child Maintenance Service in Northern Ireland and contains information up to the quarter ending June 2025.
Read on GOV.UK
2025
- Call for inquiry over deaths of parents driven to despair by DWP’s Child Maintenance ServiceDisability News Service
- MPs open Child Maintenance Service inquiryUK Parliament
- Child maintenance expert reveals how to challenge payment errors using 12-digit codeThe Sun
- Child maintenance change that could affect nearly a million parents announcedThe Independent
- Parents warned major child maintenance rule shake-up could see payments slashedChronicleLive
- Huge child maintenance shake-up will slash payments for thousands of parentsThe Sun
- Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to March 2025GOV.UK
- Child Maintenance: Improving the collection and transfer of paymentsGOV.UK
- Northern Ireland Child Maintenance Service: Data to March 2025GOV.UK
- Have your say: Tell Parliament what needs to change about the CMSGingerbread
- Lords Committee hears evidence on child maintenance and povertyUK Parliament
- Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to December 2024GOV.UK
- Call for evidence launched for child maintenance inquiryUK Parliament
- Lords Public Services Committee issues call for evidence as it launches new inquiry into Child Maintenance and holds first evidence sessionUK Parliament
- Northern Ireland Child Maintenance Service: Data to December 2024GOV.UK
2024
- Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to September 2024GOV.UK
- Child maintenance: client funds account 2023 to 2024GOV.UK
- Northern Ireland Child Maintenance Service: Data to September 2024GOV.UK
- Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to June 2024GOV.UK
- Northern Ireland Child Maintenance Service: Data to June 2024GOV.UK
- Child Maintenance consultation extendedGOV.UK
- Consultation launched on changes to Child Maintenance enforcement and collectionGOV.UK
- Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to March 2024GOV.UK
- Northern Ireland Child Maintenance Service: Data to March 2024GOV.UK
- Major change to child maintenance payments could hit 640,000 parentsThe Sun
- Clampdown on non-paying parents Child Maintenance consultationGOV.UK
- DWP issue new Child Maintenance law change promising 'clampdown' on parentsManchester Evening News
- Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to December 2023GOV.UK
- Child Maintenance Service statistics Northern Ireland: data to December 2023GOV.UK
- Huge change for parents from today as child maintenance fee axed - and exact amount debts will be wipedThe Sun
- Child Maintenance: Accelerating EnforcementGOV.UK
- Child Maintenance Service reformed to crack down on parents who refuse to payGOV.UK
- Child maintenance enforcement to be sped up, government saysBBC News
- Thousands of parents to benefit from huge change to child maintenance - including axing fee and wiping debtsThe Sun
2023
- Child Maintenance Service statistics Northern Ireland: data to September 2023GOV.UK
- Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to September 2023GOV.UK
- Child maintenance: client funds account 2022 to 2023GOV.UK
- Government launches new crackdown on parents who refuse to pay child maintenanceGOV.UK
- Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to June 2023GOV.UK
- Child Maintenance Service statistics Northern Ireland: data to June 2023 (experimental)GOV.UK
- New child maintenance legislation comes into forceToday's Family Lawyer
- New law gives DWP tougher sanctions for parents who don't pay child maintenanceChronicleLive
- Swifter sanctions on unpaid child maintenanceGOV.UK
- Government imposes 'swifter' sanctions on unpaid child maintenanceChronicleLive
- New law to ensure domestic abuse victims receive child maintenance gets Royal AssentGOV.UK
- Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to March 2023 (experimental)GOV.UK
- Child Maintenance Service statistics Northern Ireland: data to March 2023 (experimental)GOV.UK
- MPs call for reform of Child Maintenance Service to help tackle child povertyUK Parliament
- Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to December 2022 (experimental)GOV.UK
- Child Maintenance Service statistics Northern Ireland: data to December 2022 (experimental)GOV.UK
- Child maintenance: Swifter sanctions backed for parents failing to payBBC News
- Independent review of the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) response to domestic abuseGOV.UK
- New laws set to protect CMS users from abusive ex-partnersToday's Family Lawyer
- Government response to the independent review of the Child Maintenance Service response to domestic abuseGOV.UK
- Child Maintenance Service to clamp down on domestic abuseGOV.UK
2022
- Child maintenance: client funds account 2021 to 2022GOV.UK
- Child Maintenance Service statistics Northern Ireland: data to September 2022 (experimental)GOV.UK
- Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to September 2022 (experimental)GOV.UK
- National Audit Office questioned on effectiveness of the Child Maintenance SystemUK Parliament
- Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to June 2022 (experimental)GOV.UK
- Child Maintenance Service statistics Northern Ireland: data to June 2022 (experimental)GOV.UK
- 37% of parents not complying with child maintenance paymentsToday's Family Lawyer
- More than a third of parents fail to contribute towards child maintenance paymentsThe Guardian
- Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to March 2022 (experimental)GOV.UK
- DWP could put tags on parents who fail to pay child maintenance under tough new powersWalesOnline
- DWP could put tags on parents who don't pay child maintenance under new powersChronicleLive
- Curfews proposed for parents who fail to pay child maintenanceGOV.UK
- 10 years on Child Maintenance Service “achieving no more” than discredited Child Support Agency it replacedUK Parliament
- Child Maintenance Service statistics Northern Ireland: data to March 2022 (experimental)GOV.UK
- Children in poverty and the Child Maintenance Service inquiry launchedUK Parliament
- Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to December 2021 (experimental)GOV.UK
- Parents brand Child Maintenance Service 'an absolute joke' and say it's too easy to dodge paymentsManchester Evening News
- Child Maintenance Service statistics Northern Ireland: data to December 2021 (experimental)GOV.UK
- Children to benefit from changes to Child Maintenance ServiceGOV.UK
- Child Maintenance: modernising and improving our serviceGOV.UK
2021
- Child maintenance: client funds account 2020 to 2021GOV.UK
- Child Maintenance Service statistics Northern Ireland: data to September 2021 (experimental)GOV.UK
- Record £1 billion in child supportGOV.UK
- Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to September 2021 (experimental)GOV.UK
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics: June 2021 (experimental)GOV.UK
- Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to June 2021 (experimental)GOV.UK
- Child Maintenance Service statistics Northern Ireland: data to June 2021 (experimental)GOV.UK
- Lack of reforms to Child Maintenance Service leaving women ‘fearing for their lives’ – The i PaperThe i Paper
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics: March 2021 (experimental)GOV.UK
- 30 years of the Child Support ActUK Parliament
- Thousands of parents must pay missed child maintenance fees to fill £408m holeThe Sun
- Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to March 2021 (experimental)GOV.UK
- Child Maintenance Service statistics Northern Ireland: data to March 2021 (experimental)GOV.UK
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics for Great Britain: background information and methodologyGOV.UK
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics: December 2020 (experimental)GOV.UK
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics: data to December 2020 (experimental)GOV.UK
- Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to December 2020 (experimental)GOV.UK
- The Child Maintenance Service (CMS): Key sources and FAQsUK Parliament
- Child Maintenance Service statistics Northern Ireland: data to December 2020 (experimental)GOV.UK
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics: September 2020 (experimental)GOV.UK
- Child maintenance: the write-off of arrears on Child Support Agency cases (UK)UK Parliament
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics: data to September 2020 (experimental)GOV.UK
2020
- Child maintenance: client funds account 2019 to 2020GOV.UK
- Northern Ireland Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to September 2020 (experimental)GOV.UK
- Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to September 2020 (experimental)GOV.UK
- Child maintenance: Mothers take legal action against DWPBBC News
- Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to March 2020 (experimental)GOV.UK
- Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to December 2019, Great BritainGOV.UK
- Child maintenance: client funds account 2018 to 2019GOV.UK
2019
- Performance of child maintenance service in recovering payments from absent parentsUK Parliament
- Mum owed £91,000 in child maintenance reveals reality of 'unfit' DWP schemeThe Mirror
- Emma Day: Murdered woman told child support of threats from exBBC News
- Child support: 'When we interview women, they cry and cry and cry' | Australia newsThe Guardian
- Child maintenance: changes to powers of entry and information requestsGOV.UK
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics: December 2018GOV.UK
2018
- Child maintenance: client funds account 2017 to 2018GOV.UK
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics: September 2018GOV.UK
- Jamie O'Hara denies 'owing £27k to Danielle Lloyd in child support'Metro
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics: June 2018GOV.UK
- Child Maintenance: a new compliance and arrears strategyGOV.UK
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics: March 2018GOV.UK
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics: December 2017GOV.UK
2017
- Child maintenance: client funds account 2016 to 2017GOV.UK
- Child maintenance consultation launchedGOV.UK
- Changes to the Child Support Agency case closure programmeGOV.UK
- Bill to catch parents ducking child maintenanceUK Parliament
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics: September 2017GOV.UK
- How ex-partners avoid paying child maintenanceBBC News
- Clampdown on child maintenance cheatsGOV.UK
- Child maintenance: deduction orders against joint accountsGOV.UK
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics: June 2017GOV.UK
- Child maintenance reforms: 30 month review of chargingGOV.UK
- Children deserve more: challenging child maintenance avoidanceGingerbread
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics: March 2017GOV.UK
- Watchdog finds £3bn in child support arrears may never be collectedThe Guardian
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics: December 2016GOV.UK
- Separated parents working together on child maintenance arrangementsGOV.UK
2016
- New Child Maintenance Service helping parents to work togetherGOV.UK
- Child maintenance: client funds account 2015 to 2016GOV.UK
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics: September 2016GOV.UK
- Revealed: Single parents across Greater Manchester are owed more than £100m in unpaid child maintenanceManchester Evening News
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics: June 2016GOV.UK
- Why the silence on the scandal of unpaid child maintenance? | Polly ToynbeeThe Guardian
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics: March 2016GOV.UK
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics: December 2015GOV.UK
2015
- Child maintenance: client funds account 2014 to 2015GOV.UK
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics: September 2015GOV.UK
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics: June 2015GOV.UK
- Father killed himself after being asked for £11,000 child support, inquest toldThe Guardian
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics: March 2015GOV.UK
- 2010 to 2015 government policy: child maintenance reformGOV.UK
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics: December 2014GOV.UK
- Child maintenance: correction of accidental errorsGOV.UK
2014
- Child maintenance reforms: how we will evaluate themGOV.UK
- Child maintenance: client funds account 2013 to 2014GOV.UK
- Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008: post-legislative scrutinyGOV.UK
- How did you...improve child maintenance?Civil Service World
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary statistics: December 2013GOV.UK
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary statistics: March 2014GOV.UK
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary statistics: June 2014GOV.UK
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary statistics: September 2014GOV.UK
- Missed child maintenance payments will give you a credit black markThe Guardian
- Child support arrears could be added to credit filesMoneySavingExpert
- Pay your child maintenance or damage your credit ratingGOV.UK
- 50,000 children set to benefit in child maintenance shake-upGOV.UK
- New child maintenance system fit for the 21st century starts todayGOV.UK
- Fairness for families, children and taxpayers as new child maintenance system is launchedGOV.UK
- Separated parents told: Agree on child support or face feesMoneySavingExpert
- Child maintenance: client funds account 2012 to 2013GOV.UK
- New ‘business banking’ service for child maintenance to benefit 40,000 employersGOV.UK
2013
- New Child Maintenance Service opens to all new applicantsGOV.UK
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary statistics: June 2013GOV.UK
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary statistics: September 2013GOV.UK
- Child maintenance 2012 scheme: proposed changesGOV.UK
- Changes to the Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statisticsGOV.UK
- Child Maintenance Service reaches next stageGOV.UK
- A fairer child maintenance system for a country where paying for your children is 'now the norm'GOV.UK
- How many parents are really paying child maintenance?The Guardian
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary statistics: March 2013GOV.UK
- Child Maintenance Options goes from strength to strengthGOV.UK
- Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission Annual Report and Accounts 2011-2012GOV.UK
- Preparing for the future, tackling the past: child maintenance – Arrears and Compliance Strategy 2012 to 2017GOV.UK
2012
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary statistics: December 2012GOV.UK
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary statistics: September 2012GOV.UK
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary statistics: June 2012GOV.UK
- Government’s radical vision to transform child maintenance systemGOV.UK
- Child maintenance payments made by benefit claimants to doubleGOV.UK
- Watchdog finds errors in child support accountsThe Guardian
- Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission client funds account - statutory maintenance schemes 2010 to 2011GOV.UK
- Government’s pledge on child maintenance arrears as new figures show thousands of CSA parents owe 5-figure sumsGOV.UK
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary statistics: March 2012GOV.UK
- Bringing child maintenance under direct Ministerial controlGOV.UK
- The Draft Child Support (Collection and Enforcement) (Amendments) Regulations 2012GOV.UK
- Child Support Agency quarterly summary statistics: December 2011GOV.UK
- Tory peer threatens to lead revolt over Child Support Agency charging feesThe Guardian
2011
- The Draft Child Support Management of Payments and Arrears (Amendment) Regulations 2012GOV.UK
- Child Support Maintenance Calculation Regulations 2012: technical consultationGOV.UK
- Abolition and transfer of functions of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement CommissionGOV.UK
- Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission annual report and accounts 2010 to 2011GOV.UK
- Government publishes consultation response on the future of child maintenanceGOV.UK
- Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission client funds account - statutory maintenance schemes 2009 to 2010GOV.UK
- Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission client funds account - statutory maintenance schemes 2008 to 2009GOV.UK
- Separating parents encouraged to agree on child support settlementThe Guardian
- Child maintenance reforms will put children firstGOV.UK
- Strengthening families, promoting parental responsibility: the future of child maintenanceGOV.UK
2010
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2006
2003
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