Consultation outcome

Child maintenance: deduction orders against joint accounts

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
This consultation has concluded

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Government response: Child maintenance: deduction orders against joint accounts

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Detail of outcome

We published the government response to this consultation on 27 October 2017.


Original consultation

Summary

Consultation on plans to make deduction orders to recover child maintenance arrears from joint bank accounts held by a non-resident parent.

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Consultation description

This consultation seeks views from anyone who could be affected by the implementation of the power to make deduction orders against joint bank accounts. For example:

  • voluntary and community sector organisations
  • clients of the statutory child maintenance schemes
  • members of the public

Documents

Deduction orders against joint accounts: public consultation

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Updates to this page

Published 30 June 2016
Last updated 29 October 2017 + show all updates
  1. Published the government response to this consultation.

  2. Corrected closing date from 2017 to 25 August 2016.

  3. First published.

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