Petitions/Review Child Maintenance Service to disincentivise parents withholding custody
StatusClosed
Opened16 Sept 2025
Closes16 Mar 2026
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones

We think the Child Maintenance Service should be reviewed and reformed to prevent situations where a parent refuses to allow 50/50 etc custody of a child because they will lose payments.

There are many parents trying to have their children more, but we think the system doesn't have strong enough safeguards in place to protect possible manipulation by the other parent. I just want all parents to be held accountable for their behaviour.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Perran Moon
1Perran Moon MP
Camborne and Redruth
9
Seema Malhotra
2Seema Malhotra MP
Feltham and Heston
5
Jayne Kirkham
3Jayne Kirkham MP
Truro and Falmouth
2
Clive Jones
4Clive Jones MP
Wokingham
2
Dan Jarvis
5Dan Jarvis MP
Barnsley North
1
Shabana Mahmood
6Shabana Mahmood MP
Birmingham Ladywood
1
Yasmin Qureshi
7Yasmin Qureshi MP
Bolton South and Walkden
1
Jerome Mayhew
8Jerome Mayhew MP
Broadland and Fakenham
1
Oliver Ryan
9Oliver Ryan MP
Burnley
1
Dan Tomlinson
10Dan Tomlinson MP
Chipping Barnet
1