Child Support Agency 'One of Biggest Public Administration Disasters' in Recent History

The ScotsmanJuly 05, 2007

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AFTER 14 years in existence, GBP 3.5 billion in uncollected maintenance and GBP 850 million spent on botched reforms, the Child Support Agency has been branded one of the biggest public administration disasters in recent history by MPs.

Nearly GBP 1 billion of taxpayers' cash has failed to deliver the promised improvements in service, leaving one-in-three resident parents missing out on child maintenance payments, the Public Accounts Committee has found.

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Child Support Agency 'One of Biggest Public Administration Disasters' in Recent History

It came as the government yesterday paved the way for a tough new enforcement body to replace the crisis-prone Child Support Agency (CSA) at the second reading of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill.

Peter Hain, the Work and Pensions Secretary, told MPs the ne...

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