Research and statistics

An independent review to examine the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) policy and procedures around domestic abuse.

• Document type: Independent report
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 3 February 2023

• Independent review of the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) response to domestic abuse

  Report by Dr Samantha Callan. Foreword This report is the culmination of…

These are the main findings from research on parents’ experiences of the Direct Pay child maintenance scheme.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: DWP research reports
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 14 July 2022

• Summary: Direct Pay research 2017 to 2019

  Background and aims Direct Pay is one of two main statutory maintenance…

• Direct Pay research 2017 to 2019

  DWP research report no. 1017. A report of research carried out by Ipsos…

Quarterly experimental statistics on the Child Maintenance Service to March 2021.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Child Maintenance Service statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 29 June 2021

• Child Maintenance Service statistics: data to March 2021 (experimental)

  The latest release of these statistics can be found in the collection of…

This is the latest release of annual statistics on separated families in Great Britain.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Separated families statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 26 March 2020

Quarterly experimental statistics on the Child Maintenance Service to December 2019.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Child Maintenance Service statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 25 March 2020

Preliminary estimates of the Child Maintenance outcomes of parents following contact with Child Maintenance (CM) Options, based on the August 2019 survey.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Child maintenance arrangements made after speaking to CM Options
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 5 February 2020

Quarterly statistics on the progress of the Child Support Agency (CSA) child support schemes to September 2019.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Child Support Agency statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 29 January 2020

Quarterly experimental statistics on the Child Maintenance Service to September 2019.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Child Maintenance Service statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 18 December 2019

Preliminary estimates of the Child Maintenance outcomes of parents following contact with Child Maintenance (CM) Options.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Child maintenance arrangements made after speaking to CM Options
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 6 November 2019

Quarterly statistics on the progress of the Child Support Agency (CSA) child support schemes to March 2019.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Child Support Agency statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 16 October 2019

Quarterly statistics on the progress of the Child Support Agency (CSA) child support schemes to June 2019.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Child Support Agency statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 16 October 2019

Quarterly experimental statistics on the Child Maintenance Service, data to June 2019.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Child Maintenance Service statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 25 September 2019

Child maintenance outcomes for parents that have spoken to Child Maintenance (CM) Options, data from parents surveyed in March to April 2019.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Child maintenance arrangements made after speaking to CM Options
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 26 June 2019

Experimental statistics on cases processed under the 2012 statutory child maintenance scheme administered by the Child Maintenance Service.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Child Maintenance Service statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 26 June 2019

Estimates of the separated families population and their child maintenance arrangements. Analysis also shows separated families with no arrangement.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Separated families statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 17 April 2019

Experimental statistics on cases processed under the 2012 statutory child maintenance scheme administered by the Child Maintenance Service.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Child Maintenance Service statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 17 April 2019

Quarterly experimental statistics on the progress of the Child Support Agency (CSA) case closure programme from June 2014 to December 2018.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Child Support Agency statistics and 1 others
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 13 March 2019

Child maintenance outcomes for parents that have spoken to Child Maintenance (CM) Options.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Child maintenance arrangements made after speaking to CM Options
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 13 March 2019

Quarterly experimental statistics on the progress of the Child Support Agency (CSA) case closure programme from June 2014 to September 2017.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Child Support Agency statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 23 January 2019

Quarterly experimental statistics on the progress of the Child Support Agency (CSA) case closure programme from June 2014 to December 2017.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Child Support Agency statistics and 1 others
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 23 January 2019