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Child maintenance arrangements made after speaking to CM Options

Statistics on child maintenance arrangements made after speaking to the Child Maintenance (CM) Options service.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) aims to maximise the number of children (where they live apart from one or both parents) benefiting from an effective maintenance arrangement. CM Options provides a free and impartial service to help parents accomplish this.

These official experimental statistics provide data on the child maintenance arrangements made by separated parents after speaking to the CM Options service.

DWP publishes quarterly preliminary estimates and an annual publication containing finalised figures.

Following consultation with stakeholders the name of this statistical series changed on 23 January 2018 to ‘Child maintenance arrangements made after speaking to CM Options’.

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Published 12 December 2014
Last updated 13 May 2020 + show all updates
  1. Added a link to the latest release of these statistics 'Child maintenance arrangements made after speaking to CM Options, May to July 2019'.

  2. Added a link to the latest release of these statistics, 'Child maintenance arrangements made after speaking to CM Options, Feb 2020'.

  3. Added a link to a new release of these statistics, 'Child maintenance arrangements made after speaking to CM Options, data up to August 2019'.

  4. Added a link to a new release of these statistics, 'Child maintenance arrangements made after speaking to CM Options, March to April 2019'.

  5. Added 'Child maintenance arrangements made after speaking to CM Options, December 2018'.

  6. Added latest release of official experimental statistics 'Child Maintenance arrangements made after speaking to CM Options, June 2018'.

  7. Added a new release of official experimental statistics 'Child maintenance arrangements made after speaking to CM Options, March 2018'.

  8. Added a new release of official statistics 'Child maintenance arrangements made after speaking to CM Options, Dec 2017'.

  9. Added 'Child maintenance arrangements made after speaking to CM Options, Sept 2017'.

  10. Published a note that the name of this statistical series will change to ‘Child maintenance arrangements following contact with Child Maintenance Options’. This change will take effect from 23 January 2018.

  11. Added 'Effective family-based child maintenance arrangements: preliminary estimates, June 2017'.

  12. Added 'Effective family-based child maintenance arrangements: preliminary estimates, March 2017'.

  13. Added 'Effective family-based child maintenance arrangements: preliminary estimates, December 2016'.

  14. Added 'Effective family-based child maintenance arrangements: preliminary estimates, September 2016'.

  15. Added 'Effective family-based child maintenance arrangements: preliminary estimates, June 2016'.

  16. Added 'Effective family-based child maintenance arrangements: preliminary estimates, March 2016'.

  17. Published 'Effective family-based child maintenance arrangements: quarterly preliminary estimates, Dec 2015'.

  18. Published 'Effective family-based child maintenance arrangements: preliminary estimates, Sept 2015'.

  19. Added statistics about 'Effective family-based child maintenance arrangements: data to June 2015'.

  20. Published 'Effective family-based child maintenance arrangements: data to March 2015'.

  21. First published.