Child Maintenance Service Contents

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

Glossary

1 Introduction

History of statutory child maintenance

Our inquiry

2 Transition from the Child Support Agency

Transfer of cases to the 2012 scheme

Case histories and Collect and Pay

3 Operation of the 2012 scheme

Family-based arrangements

Support in reaching FBAs

Suitability of FBAs

Access to the CMS

The application fee

Collect and Pay charges

Exemptions for victims of domestic abuse

Slipping through the net

4 Arrears, avoidance and enforcement

Arrears

Criteria for prioritising arrears

Enforcement

Maintenance cheats

Self-employment

Liaison between CMS and HMRC

Inconsistent lifestyles and assets

Conclusion

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

Published written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament





28 April 2017