National Audit Office Raises Serious Concerns Over Child Maintenance Scheme’s Accounts

Published on December 21, 2023

The auditor general of the National Audit Office (NAO) has raised serious concerns about the financial statements of a key account run by the Child Maintenance Service (CMS), in a bombshell report released originally on Dec. 6. Sitting within the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP), the CMS is an agency responsible for overseeing the collection and management of financial support for children when parents live separately. It has gained notoriety in recent years, due to concerns over its effectiveness in assessing paying parents and assisting children’s primary carers in receiving funds. The Client Funds 1993 and 2003 Child Maintenance Schemes Account (CMSA) is a financial mechanism managed by the CMS. It deals with funds related to child maintenance payments. When non-resident parents owe child maintenance, those payments go through the CMSA. The account tracks these financial transactions and ensures that the collected funds are appropriately distributed to the parent with care or the Secretary of State....

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