Re: The Sun Online reports ....

Are they sure about only 4000 cases being handled last year?
Is it perhaps as misleading as the claim that only £8 million was recovered,
at a cost of £12 million?When presumably thats the enforcement cost and
recovery, not CSA cost and recovery.

I would suspect, based on what I know from the first year of CS2, that the
4000 would be more like the monthly figure. Just seems very low even for
CSA.

Though the backlog being so high is itself a major cause for concern. Wonder
what tricks they'll try to get that down - possibly illegal or not quite
legal tricks.

Martin <><


NACSA CHAIR wrote:
> 58yr CSA case backlog
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> By MICHAEL LEA
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> Political Correspondent
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> THE chaos-hit Child Support Agency has a backlog of cases that will
> take 58 YEARS to clear.
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> Children needing maintenance payouts will be PENSIONERS by the time
> cases are dealt with.
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> The scandal emerged yesterday as figures showed a shocking 232,000
> claims waiting to be assessed, despite the process allegedly being
> made simpler.
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> The CSA only handled 4,000 last year - meaning that at the same rate
> it will be 2064 before outstanding cases are sorted out.
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> Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Philip Hammond said the agency was
> "plagued by administrative mayhem".
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> Even cases that have been dealt with are taking an average of 476
> days.
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> Meanwhile, just one in eight absent parents had bothered to make
> regular maintenance payments in the past three months.
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> The latest figures come after it was revealed £1billion owed by
> runaway dads has been written off.
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> A million calls to the CSA have also gone unanswered.
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> Last year the CSA recovered £8million - but cost £12million to run.
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> Lib-Dem welfare spokesman David Laws called for the agency to be
> scrapped.
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> He said: "The CSA remains in a shambolic state - eight years after
> Tony Blair promised to sort it out."
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> Work and Pensions Secretary John Hutton will unveil plans for a
> massive shake-up in a fortnight.

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Relevant Pages

  • Re: The Sun Online reports ....
    ... not CSA cost and recovery. ... > Though the backlog being so high is itself a major cause for concern. ... >> Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Philip Hammond said the agency was ...
    (uk.gov.agency.csa)
  • The Sun Online reports ....
    ... THE chaos-hit Child Support Agency has a backlog of cases that will take 58 ... The CSA only handled 4,000 last year - meaning that at the same rate it will ... Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Philip Hammond said the agency was ...
    (uk.gov.agency.csa)
  • Re: Further reports
    ... > Child agency pays out £10m over blunders ... > Another parent who was trying to recover maintenance payments received ... > Tony Blair admitted last November the CSA was not properly suited to carry ... > severe distress to parents. ...
    (uk.gov.agency.csa)
  • Re: Leaked report?
    ... be the compromise between keeping CSA and getting IR involved. ... > TONY BLAIR will be told to scrap the Child Support Agency this week - by ... > work to be shared between other Government departments. ... > maintenance for their children. ...
    (uk.gov.agency.csa)
  • Re: Debt and Appeal
    ... NACSA cannot wave a magic wand i agree, but we do educate parents on how to ... you should pay? ... but my understanding is that all the CSA systems ... interface with benefits agency systems and someone should also be ...
    (uk.gov.agency.csa)