Petitions/Give automatic equal benefits rights to separated parents who are co-parenting
StatusClosed
Opened3 Mar 2025
Closes3 Sept 2025
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones

It's 2025. Many couples do not stay in relationships like our grandparents or ancestors used to. If parents are amicable, we think that each parent should get equal rights to housing, benefits and support.

We think the government need to change the current rules and that child benefit should be shared if parents are co-parenting in a 50/50 agreement. Currently, the parent in receipt of child benefit gets prioritised for social housing and the other parent is classed as a single person and of lesser priority. The "single" person also wouldn't be granted additional bedrooms when applying for social housing.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Alex Norris
1Alex Norris MP
Nottingham North and Kimberley
7
Nadia Whittome
2Nadia Whittome MP
Nottingham East
2
Michelle Welsh
3Michelle Welsh MP
Sherwood Forest
2
Dr Al Pinkerton
4Dr Al Pinkerton MP
Surrey Heath
2
Clive Jones
5Clive Jones MP
Wokingham
2
Alex Baker
6Alex Baker MP
Aldershot
1
Laura Kyrke-Smith
7Laura Kyrke-Smith MP
Aylesbury
1
Joy Morrissey
8Joy Morrissey MP
Beaconsfield
1
Calum Miller
9Calum Miller MP
Bicester and Woodstock
1
Preet Kaur Gill
10Preet Kaur Gill MP
Birmingham Edgbaston
1