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Child Maintenance Service Modernisation

The Department for Work and Pensions is modernising the Child Maintenance Service to address legacy IT systems, operational complexity, and service delivery challenges while maintaining gender-neutral processes. The transformation programme aims to improve effectiveness in child maintenance collection and administration, with progress already evident in certain operational areas.

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2026

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29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Work and Pensions linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Child Maintenance Service in ensuring its processes remain gender-neutral, part

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Child Maintenance Service in ensuring its processes remain gender-neutral, particularly in relation to evidential requirements where p

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2023

3 events

2022

6 events
14 Mar 2022 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Child Maintenance: modernising and improving our service — outcome published

This consultation seeks views on a number of proposed legislative changes aimed at modernising and improving the Child Maintenance Service.

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↓ Welsh: Cynhaliaeth Plant: moderneiddio a gwella ein gwasana… ↓ Government response: Child Maintenance: modernising and imp… ↓ Welsh: Ymateb y llywodraeth: Cynhaliaeth Plant: moderneiddi…
3 Mar 2022 | Research Department for Work and Pensions linked

Child Maintenance

This report looks at whether the government is achieving value for money in its management of child maintenance. Report type: value_for_money | Departments: ['Department for Work and Pensions'] | Topics: ['Benefits', 'Child maintenance', "Childcare and children's services", 'Work, welfare and …

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2021

3 events
17 Dec 2021 | Research Department for Work and Pensions linked

Child Maintenance Client Funds Accounts 2020-21

The C&AG has qualified his audit opinions on the 1993 and 2003 Child Maintenance Schemes Client Funds Account. Report type: financial_audit | Departments: ['Department for Work and Pensions'] | Topics: ['Benefits', 'Child maintenance', "Childcare and children's services", 'Work, welfare and …

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6 Aug 2021 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Child Maintenance: modernising and improving our service — consultation closed

This consultation seeks views on a number of proposed legislative changes aimed at modernising and improving the Child Maintenance Service.

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↓ Welsh: Cynhaliaeth Plant: moderneiddio a gwella ein gwasana… ↓ Government response: Child Maintenance: modernising and imp… ↓ Welsh: Ymateb y llywodraeth: Cynhaliaeth Plant: moderneiddi…
18 Jun 2021 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Child Maintenance: modernising and improving our service — consultation opened

This consultation seeks views on a number of proposed legislative changes aimed at modernising and improving the Child Maintenance Service.

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↓ Welsh: Cynhaliaeth Plant: moderneiddio a gwella ein gwasana… ↓ Government response: Child Maintenance: modernising and imp… ↓ Welsh: Ymateb y llywodraeth: Cynhaliaeth Plant: moderneiddi…

2019

3 events
26 Mar 2019 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Child maintenance: changes to powers of entry and information requests — outcome published

This consultation seeks views on changes to the powers the Child Maintenance Scheme use to calculate child maintenance and enforce payments.

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↓ Welsh: Cynhaliaeth Plant: Ymgynghoriad Pwerau mynediad a Gw… ↓ Government response to 'Child maintenance: changes to power… ↓ Ymateb y Llywodraeth: Cynhaliaeth Plant: Ymgynghoriad Pwera…
11 Feb 2019 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Child maintenance: changes to powers of entry and information requests — consultation closed

This consultation seeks views on changes to the powers the Child Maintenance Scheme use to calculate child maintenance and enforce payments.

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↓ Welsh: Cynhaliaeth Plant: Ymgynghoriad Pwerau mynediad a Gw… ↓ Government response to 'Child maintenance: changes to power… ↓ Ymateb y Llywodraeth: Cynhaliaeth Plant: Ymgynghoriad Pwera…
14 Jan 2019 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Child maintenance: changes to powers of entry and information requests — consultation opened

This consultation seeks views on changes to the powers the Child Maintenance Scheme use to calculate child maintenance and enforce payments.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Child maintenance: Powers of entry and informat…
+3 more
↓ Welsh: Cynhaliaeth Plant: Ymgynghoriad Pwerau mynediad a Gw… ↓ Government response to 'Child maintenance: changes to power… ↓ Ymateb y Llywodraeth: Cynhaliaeth Plant: Ymgynghoriad Pwera…

2017

5 events

2015

1 event

2014

1 event