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New report on the financial consequences of domestic violence


Key facts and figures on child maintenance


The disregard of child maintenance payments - Alan Marsh
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A new system of child maintenance: detailed response to the Government White Paper on child support reform
February 2007: One Parent Families supports the Government's desire for a root and branch reform of the child maintenance system in the UK. Child maintenance, by its nature, is focused on a group at particular risk of child poverty: children in lone parent families.


Our initial response to key points in the White Paper 'A new system of child maintenance'
19/12/06 The Government has finally announced its plans for reform of the child support system with a White Paper 'A new system of child maintenance' - see www.dwp.gov.uk/childmaintenance.


One Parent Families response to Child Support Agency announcement
15/12/06 The Government has finally announced its plans for reform of the child support system with a White Paper A new system of child maintenance.


Child Support: Lessons from abroad - seminar report
May 2006 Introducing the session, Jane Millar pointed out that the present UK child support system had lost the confidence of the public. Re-thinking it involved a fundamental look at values and delivery.


The child support redesign - Response of One Parent Families to the Government’s consultation on the report of Sir David Henshaw
October 2006 - Introduction (download the full response below).

1. Since its inception in 1918, One Parent Families (OPF) has been dedicated to campaigning for equality of opportunity for one parent families and tackling the exclusion...


Re-thinking child support: submission to Sir David Henshaw
May 2006 We welcome the decision of the Secretary of State to order a fundamental rethink about the way in which the current child support scheme operates, and to redesign it to make it fit for purpose.


Budget 2006 – Submission from One Parent Families
March 2006 The Government is soon to announce whether it has met its target to reduce child poverty by a quarter by 2004/05. We commend the progress made to date, but we fear that slower progress than expected last year means that the target may be missed.

 
   

 
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