Committees

Child Maintenance Service

Inquiry

Millions of children and parents are served by the Child Maintenance Service. But is it working as effectively as it could be so that the best interests of the child are being met?

The Government has recently proposed changes to how the Child Maintenance Service administers payments. This inquiry will look at those proposals and more broadly how to boost the Service’s effectiveness in increasing payment compliance rates and improving the way it deals with families.

Read the call for evidence for more detail about the inquiry

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was 12:00pm on 6 October 2025.

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Past events

Wednesday 14 October 2026
9:00am Private
9:30am Public
Child Maintenance Service - Oral evidence 14 October 2026
9:30am
  • Dr Samantha Callan OBE (Director and Founder at Family Hubs Network)
  • Michelle Counley (Senior Consultant at NACSA)
  • Elisabeth Cooper (Barrister at St John’s Buildings Chambers)
10:30am
  • Dr Christine Davies (Formerly Senior Lecturer in Applied Mathematics at Royal Holloway)
  • Mari Haapanen (Project Researcher at University of Turku)
  • Donald Hirsch (Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at Loughborough University)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 15 July 2026
9:30am Public
Child Maintenance Service - Oral evidence 15 July 2026
9:30am
  • Abigail Wood (CEO at Gingerbread)
  • Sam Morfey (CEO, Both Parents Matter at Surviving Economic Abuse)
  • Sara D'Arcy (Head of External Affairs at Surviving Economic Abuse)
Room 6, Palace of Westminster

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