Re-thinking child support: submission to Sir David Henshaw

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May 2006 We welcome the decision of the Secretary of State to order a fundamental rethink about the way in which the current child support scheme operates, and to redesign it to make it fit for purpose.

One Parent Families urges the Re-design team to concentrate its energies on the glaring issue - which has yet to be successfully tackled in the UK - of creating a workable system with effective action against non-resident parents who refuse to cooperate.

We think there will still be a need for a national organisation with the sole task of collecting and paying child maintenance and enforcing liabilities. Although OPF has not reached a firm view, consideration should be given to whether it should sit alongside HMRC as a separate Agency, under the aegis of the Treasury - not DWP.

Read the full submission below.

Henshaw-submission (PDF 98KB)

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