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<p>We have interpreted dispute to refer to any situation where there is a disagreement
between parents about the details of a child maintenance case which have an impact
on the amount of child maintenance to be paid. As such, a dispute could refer to mandatory
reconsiderations and/or appeals. Statistics on mandatory reconsiderations and appeals
are published in tables 15 and 16 of the Child Maintenance Service: Aug 2013 to Mar
2018 (experimental) available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-aug-2013-to-mar-2018-experimental"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-aug-2013-to-mar-2018-experimental</a></p><p>Information
on current mandatory reconsiderations and appeals will be available in future publications,
information up to the end of June 2018 is due to be published in September 2018.</p><p>
</p><p>The volume and percentage of mandatory reconsiderations cleared within 20 working
days is also published in table 15 of the Child Maintenance Service Statistics.</p><p>On
average in 2017/18, appeals were with the Child Maintenance Service for 42 days. Where
the parent was not satisfied with the outcome from appeal to the Child Maintenance
Service, the parent can submit an appeal to HM Courts & Tribunal Service, who
took on average 168 days to review an appeal.</p>
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