Along with the National Centre for Social Research and Bryson Purdon Social Research, the charity will study how single parents on benefits have fared since reforms allowed them to opt out of using the Child Support Agency to pursue child maintenance and make their own voluntary child arrangement with their former partner.
The project, which will run for 18 months from January 2011 will look at questions around child support received by parents on benefits, such as whether there are more parents making their own voluntary child maintenance arrangements or fewer children receiving support from parents they do not live with.
Gingerbread chief executive Fiona Weir said: "The findings will show how single parents on benefits are faring under the new regime and we hope the results will inform future child maintenance changes and help bring about a system that works better for the families concerned."
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