CHILD MAINTENANCE SERVICE COLLECTION FEE

Early day motion 208, tabled 13 June 2016 by Angela Crawley (Scottish National Party). Signed by 42 members.

That this House calls on the Government to remove the 4 per cent Child Maintenance Service collection fee for domestic abuse victims; notes that for domestic abuse victim-survivors, the alternative family-based arrangement is in most cases impossible to arrange; believes that using the Child Maintenance Service may be the only safe way for victims of domestic abuse to claim support for their child or children from the other parent; acknowledges the fact that this is a tax on child support; and further believes that it is ultimately the children who lose out on money intended to support them.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 32, Labour 6, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, DUP 1, Plaid Cymru 1.