Gingerbread calls on the Government to scrap unfair child maintenance fees
Gingerbread, the charity for single parent families, is calling on the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to scrap unfair child maintenance fees. These fees are taken by the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) from money owed to children by their non-resident parent. This call came as figures released by the DWP showed that there is currently £408.3 million in arrears owed to children across Great Britain.
The figures also show:
- 100,900 children are not receiving the child maintenance owed to them through 'Collect and Pay'
- 28 per cent of parents (42,000) are not paying any of the child maintenance they owe under 'Collect and Pay'
- Since December 2020 overall arrears owed to chialdren have increased by £12.5 million under 'Collect and Pay'.
For the latest figures from the DWP, click here. For comment by Gingerbread, click here.
4/7/21