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Challenge a benefit decision - how to ask for a mandatory reconsideration, evidence you'll need, deadlines and what happens next.
We’re responsible for handling appeals against decisions relating to: Attendance Allowance Bereavement Allowance Carer’s Allowance Child Benefit child maintenance (child support) Compensation Recovery Scheme (including NHS recovery claims) Diffuse Mesotheliomia Payment Scheme Disability Living Allowance Employment Support Allowance funeral payments...
This guidance explains what liability orders are in child maintenance cases and how to pay them.
Evaluation of the Department for Work and Pensions impact assessment for Child maintenance reforms: CSA case closure, introducing CMS fees, supporting family-based arrangements
See how the Child Maintenance Service works out maintenance and the rates they use
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