CHILD MAINTENANCE SERVICE CHARGES

Early day motion 1116, tabled 28 March 2017 by Angela Crawley (Scottish National Party). Signed by 29 members.

That this House recognises that charges on the Child Maintenance Service Collect and Pay service are preventing parents and children from accessing maintenance; accepts that domestic abuse survivors are most at need of a Government service to help ensure maintenance is paid without contact between former partners, yet are among the worst affected by barriers created by charges; understands that research by Gingerbread has found that around one in four receiving parents claim domestic violence is a reason for not setting up an arrangement with the Child Maintenance Service after their case with the Child Support Agency had closed; and calls for the Government to scrap Collect and Pay charges for survivors of domestic violence.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 16, Labour 4, DUP 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, UUP 2, Conservative 1, Independent 1, Labour/Co-operative 1.