Gingerbread says Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) proposals not to check whether parents who pay child maintenance directly between themselves are fulfilling their obligations could result in the system failing to flag up if children are not receiving the financial support they need.
A consultation on proposed changes to the way the Child Support Agency collects child maintenance statistics indicates that while it will record if parental payments made via the agency were too low or not paid, the same information will not be collected for parents on a Maintenance Direct scheme.
Under this system, the Child Support Agency calculates the amount parents must pay, but the individuals pay each other directly rather than via the agency.
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