 The new enforcement powers were introduced from 2009/10.These changes aimed to ensure parents take responsibility for providing financial support for their children where they have access to them, or indeed do not.The Commission was abolished on 30 July 2012, but despite its functions being subsumed back into the Department for Work and Pensions, the 'Child Maintenance Group' continues to operate using the client-facing brand name of the Child Support Agency for those using the 1993 and 2003 statutory schemes.