Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department has given to the Child Maintenance Service and Child Support Agency about parents who repeatedly report changes in circumstances.

Where a person’s circumstances change, they are entitled to report them to the Child Suport Agency (CSA) or Child Maintenance Service (CMS). Where the reported change has substantive grounds for superseding an existing decision, the CSA / CMS will investigate that change applying the usual evidential requirements or supersession rules.

Case officers have access to online procedures that provide a comprehensive guide on all aspects of handling child maintenance applications including procedures, policies and legislative references.