Petitions/Reform Child Maintenance Service: Support Active Fathers & End Historic Arrears
StatusClosed
Opened27 Oct 2025
Closes27 Apr 2026
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Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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The CMS is meant to support children - we think that too often, it’s tearing families apart. We feel that many loving, active fathers are treated unfairly & that the CMS ignores shared parenting, fails to recognise time spent with children, & can create unaffordable debt that parents can’t dispute.

Some are being chased for historic arrears they never had a chance to challenge, pushing some families into hardship and damaging the very children the system is meant to protect. We’re calling for change. The CMS must: Recognise shared parenting in its calculations. Allow fair reviews and appeals of old debts. Write off unfair or unaffordable historic arrears.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Tom Gordon
1Tom Gordon MP
Harrogate and Knaresborough
8
Monica Harding
2Monica Harding MP
Esher and Walton
5
Helena Dollimore
3Helena Dollimore MP
Hastings and Rye
4
Nadia Whittome
4Nadia Whittome MP
Nottingham East
4
Johanna Baxter
5Johanna Baxter MP
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
4
Angela Rayner
6Angela Rayner MP
Ashton-under-Lyne
3
Peter Dowd
7Peter Dowd MP
Bootle
3
Lola McEvoy
8Lola McEvoy MP
Darlington
3
Adam Thompson
9Adam Thompson MP
Erewash
3
Anneliese Midgley
10Anneliese Midgley MP
Knowsley
3
Reform Child Maintenance Service: Support Active Fathers & End Historic Arrears — Petitions