Consultation outcome

Child maintenance: correction of accidental errors

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 17 November 2014
• Last updated: 14 January 2015 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

This consultation has concluded

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Consultation response: Correction of accidental errors

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Detail of outcome

Having carefully considered the responses to the consultation, we intend to introduce the proposed new measure in a package of legislative amendments, due in March 2015.

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Original consultation

Summary

Proposal to introduce a new procedure for correcting administrative errors, known as accidental errors, in child maintenance decisions.

This consultation ran from
17 November 2014 to 11:45pm on 29 December 2014

Consultation description

This consultation is seeking comments on a proposal to introduce a new procedure for correcting simple administrative errors, known as accidental errors, in decisions made in relation to a child maintenance calculation under the Child Support Act 1991.

This change would mean that where the Secretary of State corrects an accidental error in such a decision at the request of a party to a decision (a “client”), the decision could be corrected under the new procedure. A client would be required to apply for a revision of the corrected decision before an appeal could be made to the first-tier tribunal. Under the current procedure, in this scenario, the client could immediately appeal the corrected decision, without first having to request a revision (because the correction action is undertaken as a revision, legally).

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Correction of accidental errors

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Published 17 November 2014
Last updated 14 January 2015 + show all updates

1. 14 January 2015

   Published consultation outcome.

2. 17 November 2014

   First published.