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CSA are planning to charge us for there services

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  • Roy_G_Biv
    Roy_G_Biv Posts: 100 Forumite
    DX2 wrote: »

    Swiftly my @rse.

    I would have thought quite the opposite.

    My caseworker was over-zealous to the point of defrauding me of money by using falsified evidence about my circumstances. I even had enough evidence to get the caseworker in an interview with the evidence being placed on a table.
  • mrsspendalot
    mrsspendalot Posts: 3,238 Forumite
    Anyway, we have until 7th April to provide feedback to the consultation process .... I think I may just voice my opinion!
    Olympic Countdown Challenge #145 ~ DFW Nerd #389 ~ Debt Free Date: [STRIKE]December 2015[/STRIKE] September 2015

    :j BabySpendalot arrived 26/6/11 :j
  • clearingout
    clearingout Posts: 3,290 Forumite
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    ooh mrspendalot - where/how do we provide feedback?
  • DX2
    DX2 Posts: 8,275 Forumite
    Roy_G_Biv wrote: »
    I would have thought quite the opposite.

    My caseworker was over-zealous to the point of defrauding me of money by using falsified evidence about my circumstances. I even had enough evidence to get the caseworker in an interview with the evidence being placed on a table.
    We both seem to have different experiences with the CSA then ;)
    No surprises there.
    :whistle: Can I have your case workers name and hopefully get them attached onto my case, because this food chain that it's going through just now is a bloody nonsense.
    *SIGH*
    :D
  • DX2
    DX2 Posts: 8,275 Forumite
    ooh mrspendalot - where/how do we provide feedback?

    Feedback on this consultation

    [FONT=Arial,Arial]11. We value your feedback on how well we consult. If you have any comments on the process of this consultation, for example, how it could be improved, but not about the issues raised, please contact our Consultation Coordinator:[/FONT]
    Roger Pugh
    DWP Consultation Coordinator
    1st Floor Crown House
    2 Ferensway Hull HU2 8NF
    Email: [EMAIL="roger.pugh@dwp.gsi.gov.uk"]roger.pugh@dwp.gsi.gov.uk[/EMAIL]
    *SIGH*
    :D
  • Roy_G_Biv
    Roy_G_Biv Posts: 100 Forumite
    DX2 wrote: »
    :whistle: Can I have your case workers name and hopefully get them attached onto my case.

    That might jeopardise my claim because I want to keep the criminal law route open for the time being.

    There is every possibility the CSA will continue refusing to cooperate and I still hold enough evidence to re-start the investigation.
  • mrsspendalot
    mrsspendalot Posts: 3,238 Forumite
    edited 17 January 2011 at 4:47PM
    On page 28 of the consultation document (downloadable from the DWP website Redsky posted a link to earlier) are some questions which I guess they want you to answer in feedback. I don't think they are very good though as they don't cover much! They are more about the processes around getting parents to talk to each other and integrating support for making private arrangements. I intend on just giving a written response and maybe even copying in my MP!

    It's not that I'm against the proposals completely, and I can see an argument for charging. However, I feel strongly that PWC should not incur charges as a result of the NRPs failure to cooperate. I think that if the NRP fails to cooperate and the PWC has made every effort to cooperate, the charges should fall on the NRP. If the PWC doesn't want to try and work things out, then fine, charge them.

    I also think that if the NRP cooperates with the calculation, but then fails to make payments, the NRP should be charged for not keeping up the agreement, but don't see why the PWC should be penalised financially by having a % of their maintenance deducted. It will not be their fault if the NRP fails to make payments to them, so I don't see why they should suffer. If the PWC chooses to have the payments made via CSA because they simply don't want them direct, then fine, make a charge for the service.

    I know the point of the proposals is to promote parental responsibility on both parties, but in a lot of cases the reason the CSA is involved in the first place is because that has already broken down. In those cases where the CSA were involved for greed or malice, then perhaps the introduction of fees will help ease a lot of the pain NRPs feel who were always good at supporting their children before the CSA was imposed on them (like my husband)

    I also think £100 application fee is very high, even for some people in work. I work but am on a low income. £100 would be a lot of money for me to find to simply apply for what I am actually legally entitled to.

    I guess there will be winners and losers!
    Olympic Countdown Challenge #145 ~ DFW Nerd #389 ~ Debt Free Date: [STRIKE]December 2015[/STRIKE] September 2015

    :j BabySpendalot arrived 26/6/11 :j
  • clearingout
    clearingout Posts: 3,290 Forumite
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    DX2 wrote: »
    Feedback on this consultation

    [FONT=Arial,Arial]11. We value your feedback on how well we consult. If you have any comments on the process of this consultation, for example, how it could be improved, but not about the issues raised, please contact our Consultation Coordinator:[/FONT]
    Roger Pugh
    DWP Consultation Coordinator
    1st Floor Crown House
    2 Ferensway Hull HU2 8NF
    Email: [EMAIL="roger.pugh@dwp.gsi.gov.uk"]roger.pugh@dwp.gsi.gov.uk[/EMAIL]

    thanks DX2. If I'm reading this right, they are not consulting about their proposals through Mr Pugh but about the process? Is that right? In which case, we're not getting a say this way.....
  • mrsspendalot
    mrsspendalot Posts: 3,238 Forumite
    Well spotted clearingout - the actual details for responding are:

    Please send your consultation responses to:
    Child Maintenance Sponsorship and Strategic Policy Division
    Department for Work and Pensions
    1st Floor Caxton House
    Tothill Street
    London
    SW1H 9NA
    Email: [EMAIL="strengtheningfamilies.consultation@dwp.gsi.gov.uk"]strengtheningfamilies.consultation@dwp.gsi.gov.uk[/EMAIL]
    Telephone: 020 7449 5723

    Please ensure your response reaches us by 7 April 2011. We will acknowledge all responses. Please say whether you are responding as an individual, or on behalf of an organisation. If on behalf of an organisation, please make clear who the organisation represents, and how the views of members were obtained.
    Olympic Countdown Challenge #145 ~ DFW Nerd #389 ~ Debt Free Date: [STRIKE]December 2015[/STRIKE] September 2015

    :j BabySpendalot arrived 26/6/11 :j
  • clearingout
    clearingout Posts: 3,290 Forumite
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    thanks! I have some reading to do tonight then. Ho hum...!
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