"More parental choice over maintenance", says consultation

Summary

This document, 'A New System for Child Maintenance - Summary of Responses to the Consultation' (Cm 7061), considers key issues that have been raised in response to the Government's White Paper, 'A New System of Child Maintenance (Cm. 6979)' published in 2006. Read more about the White Paper.

The publication is accompanied by 'A New System for Child Maintenance - Summary and Responses' (Cm 7062), the Government's Response to the Work and Pensions Select Committee's examination of the White Paper.

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Law-Making Explained

This is a Command Paper (Cm 7061 2006-07): it is a Summary of Responses to a Consultation by the Department of Work and Pensions.

Find out more about Command Papers.

How does it affect me?

If you work for or are a client of the Child Support Agency, this affects you.

Stakeholders provided a wide range of views on the proposals in the White Paper. Overall, there was strong support for the proposal to give parents more choice over their maintenance arrangements, although there was some concern that this might mean a shift in the balance of power between parents.