Sovereign AI governance of UK child maintenance — Child Maintenance Service (CMS) case management, income assessment, enforcement, appeals, arrears recovery, and the Child Poverty Unit. Audit-grade. Signed. UK-sovereign.
Child Maintenance Service two-tier model. Direct Pay (800K+ arrangements) and Collect & Pay (150K+ cases). Income assessment from HMRC data. Calculation engine (CS3 formula). Payment distribution. 950,000+ active cases.
Real-time earnings data from PAYE and Self-Assessment. Gross income calculation. Pension deduction treatment. Benefit income recognition. Multiple employment aggregation. Variable income averaging. 950K+ income assessments annually.
Deduction from earnings orders (DEO). Liability orders and charging orders. Deduction from bank accounts. Passport/ driving licence curfew orders. Imprisonment (last resort). 45,000+ enforcement actions annually.
£3.7B+ historical arrears. Arrears negotiation and write-off governance. Debt collection agency referral. Time-to-pay arrangements. Bankruptcy proceedings (last resort). Cross-border arrears recovery.
Child maintenance decision appeals. Variation applications (lifestyle inconsistency, diversion of income, assets). Upper Tribunal referrals. 15,000+ appeals annually. Independent tribunal judiciary.
Shared care percentage calculation. Overnight stay verification. Equal shared care nil assessment. Care pattern change notification. Multiple case family linking. 200K+ shared care arrangements.
Reciprocal enforcement of maintenance orders (REMO). Hague Convention cases. EU Maintenance Regulation post-Brexit. Central Authority coordination. Foreign court order registration. 12,000+ international cases.
Child poverty measurement (relative and absolute). Persistent poverty tracking. Area-based deprivation modelling. Family income dynamics. Intergenerational poverty breaking. 4.3M children in poverty (after housing costs).
Apply Direct pathway for DA survivors. Section 287 bypass. Safeguarding referral integration. Third-party deduction governance. Address confidentiality protection. 30K+ DA-gateway applications annually.
Online maintenance calculation tool. Self-service case management. Digital communication preference. Payment tracking portal. Change of circumstances reporting. 2M+ digital transactions annually.
CMS operational performance analytics. Collection rate monitoring. Case lifecycle modelling. Arrears trajectory forecasting. Cross-department data sharing (HMRC, DWP, HMCTS). Compliance trend analysis.
CMS performance scrutiny. Arrears reduction accountability. Enforcement effectiveness review. Child poverty strategy oversight. Maintenance calculation fairness. NAO value-for-money audits.
AI-powered income verification from HMRC PAYE and SA data. Multi-employment aggregation. Self-employment income prediction. Pension and benefit treatment. Variable income smoothing. 950K+ assessments annually with reduced error rates.
Intelligent arrears triage across £3.7B outstanding. Predictive payment behaviour modelling. Optimal enforcement pathway recommendation. Time-to-pay arrangement negotiation AI. Cross-border recovery coordination. Write-off governance automation.
Early warning system for non-payment. Payment pattern analysis. Engagement score modelling. Proactive contact strategy. Self-service funnel optimisation. 950K+ cases monitored for compliance drift.
AI-assisted shared care pattern verification. Overnight stay claim validation. Care arrangement change detection. School and GP record cross-referencing (with consent). 200K+ shared care arrangements governed fairly.
Enhanced DA gateway screening. Section 287 bypass automation. Third-party deduction risk assessment. Address confidentiality enforcement. Safeguarding referral speed improvement. 30K+ DA survivors protected annually.
Automated variation application screening (lifestyle, diversion, assets, property). Appeal outcome prediction. Evidence compilation assistance. Tribunal case preparation. 15,000+ appeals processed with improved consistency.
REMO case automation. Hague Convention compliance monitoring. Foreign court order translation and registration. Central Authority workload balancing. International income data matching. 12,000+ cases coordinated.
Automated evidence for W&P Select Committee. CMS performance dashboard. Child poverty metric tracking. Arrears reduction reporting. Maintenance adequacy assessment. NAO audit trail automation.
HMRC income data integration. PAYE and SA assessment. Multi-employment aggregation. Variable income averaging. Self-employment prediction. 950K+ assessments governed.
£3.7B+ arrears intelligent triage. Predictive payment modelling. Enforcement pathway recommendation. Time-to-pay negotiation. Cross-border recovery. Write-off governance.
Non-payment early warning. Payment pattern analysis. Engagement scoring. Proactive contact strategy. Self-service funnel optimisation. 950K+ case monitoring.
DA gateway screening. Section 287 bypass. Third-party deduction risk. Address confidentiality. Safeguarding referral. 30K+ DA survivor protection.
REMO case automation. Hague Convention compliance. Foreign order registration. Central Authority coordination. International income matching. 12,000+ cases.
W&P Committee evidence. CMS performance dashboard. Child poverty tracking. Arrears reporting. Maintenance adequacy. NAO audit trail.