Call to scrap child maintenance fees as 'unfair'
Child maintenance is the money a non-resident parent should pay to support their child’s upbringing. In many cases this money is essential for families.
The single parent charity Gingerbread has called on the UK government and Department for Work and Pensions to scrap ‘unfair child maintenance fees.’
This comes as new figures show that over £408 million is now owed to children.
Figures released in June show that:
- 100,900 children are not receiving the child maintenance owed to them through ‘Collect and Pay’
- 28% 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 children have increased by £12.5 million under ‘Collect and Pay’
You can read the full article at the Gingerbread website through this link.