- Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission
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Logo of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission.
The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission is a Non-Departmental Public Body established to take responsibility for the child maintenance system in Great Britain.[1] The Commission’s primary objective is to maximise the number of effective child maintenance arrangements (private or statutory) in place for children who live apart from their parents. Under the new QUANGO reforms in the UK the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission will become an executive agency of DWP who will have responsibility for its functions.[2]
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Functions
The Commission has three publicly stated functions:
- to promote the financial responsibility that parents have for their children;
- to provide information and support on the different maintenance options (Child Maintenance Options);
- to provide an efficient statutory child maintenance service (currently the CSA), with effective enforcement.
History
During 2008, the Commission began to offer information and support on the different child maintenance options available to parents. The Commission will, hopefully, also provide an efficient statutory child maintenance service with improved assessment, collection and enforcement processes. The new enforcement powers will be introduced from 2009/10. These changes aim to ensure parents take responsibility for providing financial support for their children where they have access to them, or indeed do not.
The Commission advises, notwithstanding the aforementioned DWP information, that it operates at arms length from Government and has taken over responsibility for the Child Support Agency.
References
- ^ [New body to deal with child maintenance paymentshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/02/2008_44_mon.shtml "New body to deal with child maintenance payments"]. New body to deal with child maintenance paymentshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/02/2008_44_mon.shtml.
- ^ "QUANGO Reforms". http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/@dg/@en/documents/digitalasset/dg_191543.pdf. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
External links
Categories:- Non-departmental public bodies of the United Kingdom government
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