1️⃣ Figures from the DWP show that single parents are owed £690 million in unpaid child maintenance.
Thank you to @seacharity.bsky.social for highlighting the huge issue of #EconomicAbuse connected to the #ChildMaintenanceService in #BBCWomansHour today:
bbc.in/3DZfCB0
🧵 (1/6)
Thank you to @seacharity.bsky.social for highlighting the huge issue of #EconomicAbuse connected to the #ChildMaintenanceService in #BBCWomansHour today:
bbc.in/3DZfCB0
🧵 (1/6)
Woman's Hour - Caitríona Balfe, Child maintenance, Medieval medicine, Kids and happiness - BBC Sounds
Irish actor Caitríona Balfe joins us to discuss her new film, The Amateur.
bbc.in
April 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
1️⃣ Figures from the DWP show that single parents are owed £690 million in unpaid child maintenance.
Thank you to @seacharity.bsky.social for highlighting the huge issue of #EconomicAbuse connected to the #ChildMaintenanceService in #BBCWomansHour today:
bbc.in/3DZfCB0
🧵 (1/6)
Thank you to @seacharity.bsky.social for highlighting the huge issue of #EconomicAbuse connected to the #ChildMaintenanceService in #BBCWomansHour today:
bbc.in/3DZfCB0
🧵 (1/6)
👧💬👩 Our latest #TransformingChildMaintenance blog shows how centring single parents' lived experience with the #ChildMaintenanceService is key to driving change for a fairer system that supports families.
Read more: opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
Read more: opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
October 14, 2024 at 12:03 PM
👧💬👩 Our latest #TransformingChildMaintenance blog shows how centring single parents' lived experience with the #ChildMaintenanceService is key to driving change for a fairer system that supports families.
Read more: opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
Read more: opfs.org.uk/get-involved...
‘Shocking’ figures show parents linked to DWP service face death rates up to three times higher
#DWP #ChildMaintenanceService #DeathsByWelfare
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/shocking-fig...
#DWP #ChildMaintenanceService #DeathsByWelfare
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/shocking-fig...
‘Shocking’ figures show parents linked to DWP service face death rates up to three times higher
Parents who pay to support a child through the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and its Child Maintenance Service (CMS) face death rates up to three times higher than others the same age, acc…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
‘Shocking’ figures show parents linked to DWP service face death rates up to three times higher
#DWP #ChildMaintenanceService #DeathsByWelfare
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/shocking-fig...
#DWP #ChildMaintenanceService #DeathsByWelfare
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/shocking-fig...
👎 It's clear from our focus groups with both resident and non-residents parents, that the #ChildMaintenanceService is failing both sets of parents.
👶 What's best for the health & wellbeing of the child MUST be the focus of how we reform the CMS.
What parents told us:
opfs.org.uk/wp-content/u...
👶 What's best for the health & wellbeing of the child MUST be the focus of how we reform the CMS.
What parents told us:
opfs.org.uk/wp-content/u...
January 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
👎 It's clear from our focus groups with both resident and non-residents parents, that the #ChildMaintenanceService is failing both sets of parents.
👶 What's best for the health & wellbeing of the child MUST be the focus of how we reform the CMS.
What parents told us:
opfs.org.uk/wp-content/u...
👶 What's best for the health & wellbeing of the child MUST be the focus of how we reform the CMS.
What parents told us:
opfs.org.uk/wp-content/u...
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #DomesticAbuse tabled by Baroness Hazarika on 23-10-2024 has been answered by Baroness Sherlock. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-10-23/HL1939
November 4, 2024 at 12:30 PM
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #DomesticAbuse tabled by Baroness Hazarika on 23-10-2024 has been answered by Baroness Sherlock. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-10-23/HL1939
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #Standards tabled by Hannah Bardell on 11-12-2023 has been answered by Paul Maynard. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-12-11/6185
December 14, 2023 at 4:51 PM
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #Standards tabled by Hannah Bardell on 11-12-2023 has been answered by Paul Maynard. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-12-11/6185
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #TelephoneServices tabled by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 15-07-2026 has been answered by Baroness Sherlock. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-07-15/HL2168
July 21, 2026 at 3:50 PM
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #TelephoneServices tabled by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 15-07-2026 has been answered by Baroness Sherlock. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-07-15/HL2168
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService tabled by Sir Mark Hendrick on 08-07-2026 has been answered by Andrew Western. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-07-08/16852
July 14, 2026 at 2:20 PM
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService tabled by Sir Mark Hendrick on 08-07-2026 has been answered by Andrew Western. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-07-08/16852
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #Appeals tabled by Liz Jarvis on 24-11-2025 has been answered by Jake Richards. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-24/94024
December 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #Appeals tabled by Liz Jarvis on 24-11-2025 has been answered by Jake Richards. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-24/94024
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #Appeals tabled by Jayne Kirkham on 21-02-2025 has been answered by Sarah Sackman. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-02-21/32766
February 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #Appeals tabled by Jayne Kirkham on 21-02-2025 has been answered by Sarah Sackman. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-02-21/32766
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #Appeals tabled by Melanie Ward on 11-02-2025 has been answered by Sarah Sackman. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-02-11/30819
February 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #Appeals tabled by Melanie Ward on 11-02-2025 has been answered by Sarah Sackman. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-02-11/30819
Last week, we released research on the failings of the #ChildMaintenanceService.
Fife Gingerbread has played a key role in supporting single parents at a local level to access fair financial support for their children under the current flawed system.
bit.ly/3XTs502
Fife Gingerbread has played a key role in supporting single parents at a local level to access fair financial support for their children under the current flawed system.
bit.ly/3XTs502
September 25, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Last week, we released research on the failings of the #ChildMaintenanceService.
Fife Gingerbread has played a key role in supporting single parents at a local level to access fair financial support for their children under the current flawed system.
bit.ly/3XTs502
Fife Gingerbread has played a key role in supporting single parents at a local level to access fair financial support for their children under the current flawed system.
bit.ly/3XTs502
Child maintenance service is an absolute joke!!! Waited an hour to try and talk to someone but had to hang up as had to get to an appointment and so far have waited 20 minutes! Does anyone actually work there? #childmaintenanceservice
March 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Child maintenance service is an absolute joke!!! Waited an hour to try and talk to someone but had to hang up as had to get to an appointment and so far have waited 20 minutes! Does anyone actually work there? #childmaintenanceservice
As Chair of the #commonsandworkpensionscommittee I held a round table discussion with receiving parents in the #ChildMaintenanceService
November 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
As Chair of the #commonsandworkpensionscommittee I held a round table discussion with receiving parents in the #ChildMaintenanceService
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService tabled by Max Wilkinson on 26-06-2026 has been answered by Andrew Western. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-06-26/13587
July 6, 2026 at 5:20 PM
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService tabled by Max Wilkinson on 26-06-2026 has been answered by Andrew Western. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-06-26/13587
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService tabled by Max Wilkinson on 26-06-2026 has been answered by Andrew Western. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-06-26/13588
July 6, 2026 at 5:20 PM
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService tabled by Max Wilkinson on 26-06-2026 has been answered by Andrew Western. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-06-26/13588
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #Standards tabled by John Milne on 12-06-2026 has been answered by Andrew Western. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-06-12/9494
July 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #Standards tabled by John Milne on 12-06-2026 has been answered by Andrew Western. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-06-12/9494
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #Standards tabled by John Milne on 12-06-2026 has been answered by Andrew Western. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-06-12/9495
June 23, 2026 at 11:01 AM
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #Standards tabled by John Milne on 12-06-2026 has been answered by Andrew Western. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-06-12/9495
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #InformationSharing tabled by Mr Lee Dillon on 05-06-2026 has been answered by Andrew Western. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-06-05/7327
June 18, 2026 at 5:10 PM
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #InformationSharing tabled by Mr Lee Dillon on 05-06-2026 has been answered by Andrew Western. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-06-05/7327
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #Gender tabled by Samantha Niblett on 04-06-2026 has been answered by Andrew Western. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-06-04/7052
June 12, 2026 at 3:40 PM
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #Gender tabled by Samantha Niblett on 04-06-2026 has been answered by Andrew Western. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-06-04/7052
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #Standards tabled by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 18-05-2026 has been answered by Baroness Sherlock. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-18/HL239
June 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #Standards tabled by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 18-05-2026 has been answered by Baroness Sherlock. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-18/HL239
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #Standards tabled by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 18-05-2026 has been answered by Baroness Sherlock. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-18/HL240
June 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #Standards tabled by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 18-05-2026 has been answered by Baroness Sherlock. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-18/HL240
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #Standards tabled by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 18-05-2026 has been answered by Baroness Sherlock. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-18/HL241
June 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService #Standards tabled by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 18-05-2026 has been answered by Baroness Sherlock. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-18/HL241
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService tabled by John Milne on 19-05-2026 has been answered by Andrew Western. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-19/3165
June 1, 2026 at 4:30 PM
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService tabled by John Milne on 19-05-2026 has been answered by Andrew Western. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-19/3165
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService tabled by John Milne on 19-05-2026 has been answered by Andrew Western. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-19/3164
June 1, 2026 at 4:30 PM
A question on #ChildMaintenanceService tabled by John Milne on 19-05-2026 has been answered by Andrew Western. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-05-19/3164