{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/207769.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":207769,"parliament":{"period":"2017-2019","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2019-11-06T00:01:00.000+00:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Make fathers with assets or self employed income pay for their children","background":"In numerous cases absent fathers have multiple houses and cars yet submit a nil tax return to avoid paying child support in addition fathers deliberately go self employed to free themselves of this burden leaving children in poverty","additional_details":"In a case known to me the mother was offered £8.00 per week child support from the CMS when the father on an E1 form in court owned 3 houses, 5 cars and 2 nightclubs however produced a nil rate tax return leaving the child's mother visiting food banks \r\nThe current system is leaving children in poverty as £8.00 does not even cover dinner money is this really fair it takes 2 to bring a child into the world.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":8,"created_at":"2017-12-15T15:33:11.165Z","updated_at":"2020-02-26T22:35:27.939Z","rejected_at":"2017-12-22T14:05:42.451Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2017-12-15T21:21:16.227Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"no-action","details":"Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. \r\n\r\nWe understand that you're concerned about the rates of child maintenance paid by people who have substantial assets or who are self-employed, but we're not sure exactly what changes you'd like the Government to make. \r\n\r\nYou could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.\r\n"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}