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Child support

  • Research Briefing

    Child maintenance: Overseas cases and income (UK)

    Tuesday, 12 December, 2023

    This briefing paper sets out how the child maintenance system operates where a Person with Care, Non-Resident Parent or a Qualifying Child, lives overseas.

    • Research Briefing
    • Child support
    • Children and families
  • Constituency casework,Research Briefing

    Child maintenance: Challenging the undeclared income of paying parents

    Thursday, 11 May, 2023

    How child maintenance is calculated and what to do if a paying parent is suspected of not declaring their true income.

    • Constituency casework
    • Research Briefing
    • Child support
    • Children and families
  • Constituency casework

    Child maintenance: Challenging the undeclared income of paying parents

    Thursday, 11 May, 2023

    How child maintenance is calculated and what to do if a paying parent is suspected of not declaring their true income.

    • Constituency casework
    • Child support
    • Children and families
    • Communities
    • Families and social services
    • Social policy
  • Debate Pack

    Support for single parent families

    Monday, 13 March, 2023

    A Westminster Hall debate has been scheduled for Tuesday 14 March on support for single parent families. The debate will be opened by Amy Callaghan MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Child care
    • Child support
    • Children and families
    • Family benefits
  • Constituency casework,Research Briefing

    Arrangements for children when parents separate

    Thursday, 02 February, 2023

    Information on where the child will live, who has responsibility and making a child maintenance arrangement when parents are not together.

    • Constituency casework
    • Research Briefing
    • Child support
    • Children and families
  • Constituency casework

    Arrangements for children when parents separate

    Thursday, 02 February, 2023

    Information on where the child will live, who has responsibility and making a child maintenance arrangement when parents are not together.

    • Constituency casework
    • Child support
    • Children and families
    • Communities
    • Families and social services
  • Debate Pack

    E-petition debate: The removal of parental responsibility for people convicted of serious offences

    Friday, 02 September, 2022

    Read the Government’s response and background ahead of the debate on e-petition 614893 on Monday 7 November 2022.

    • Debate Pack
    • Child support
    • Children and families
    • Children's social services
  • Debate Pack

    Children’s social care workforce

    Monday, 18 July, 2022

    There will be a debate on the children’s social care workforce in Westminster Hall at 4:30pm on 20 July 2022. This debate will be led by Marie Rimmer MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Child support
    • Children and families
    • Children's social services
  • Debate Pack

    Rights of children in police custody

    Monday, 27 June, 2022

    A debate on the rights of children while in police custody will take place in Westminster Hall scheduled for Tuesday 28th June 2022, from 2.30pm. Janet Daby MP will open the debate.

    • Debate Pack
    • Child support
    • Police
  • Debate Pack

    Infant Mental Health Week 2022

    Tuesday, 14 June, 2022

    There will be a debate on Infant Mental Health Week 2022 in Westminster Hall at 3:00pm on 16 June 2022.

    • Debate Pack
    • Child support
    • Health
  • Debate Pack

    Reforming the Child Maintenance Service

    Tuesday, 17 May, 2022

    A Westminster Hall debate on 'Reforming the Child Maintenance Service' is scheduled for 19 May 2022 at 1.30pm. Marion Fellows MP will open the debate.

    • Debate Pack
    • Child support
    • Children and families
    • Civil law
    • Family law
  • Insight

    30 years of the Child Support Act

    Tuesday, 20 July, 2021

    Why the Child Support Act 1991 was introduced and a timeline of changes and reform.

    • Insight
    • Child support
    • Government
  • Constituency casework

    Support for Victims of Domestic Abuse

    Monday, 26 April, 2021

    A list of contact details for organisations which assist victims of domestic abuse and domestic violence across the UK.

    • Constituency casework
    • Child support
    • Children and families
    • Crime
    • Home affairs
    • Justice
  • Constituency casework,Research Briefing

    The Child Maintenance Service (CMS): Key sources and FAQs

    Tuesday, 30 March, 2021

    An overview of key Child Maintenance Service (CMS) resources for caseworkers.

    • Constituency casework
    • Research Briefing
    • Child support
    • Children and families
  • Research Briefing

    Child maintenance: the write-off of arrears on Child Support Agency cases (UK)

    Wednesday, 27 January, 2021

    This Library briefing describes the UK Government’s policy to write-off arrears arising from the 1993 and 2003 child maintenance schemes. These schemes are now closed to new applicants and ongoing maintenance cases have been transferred to the 2012 scheme.

    • Research Briefing
    • Child support
    • Children and families

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