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'Preparing for the future, tackling the past' - Arrears and Compliance Strategy
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"This report outlines the Government's strategy to encourage parents to work together. For parents who need the support of a statutory child maintenance scheme, the service will help parents continue to provide for their children. However, for those parents who deliberately avoid their responsibilities, the new strategy will take swift and effective enforcement action."
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/cm-arrears-and-compliance-strategy-2012-2017.pdf
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/cm-arrears-and-compliance-strategy-2012-2017.pdf
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swift? Excuse me whilst I fall off my chair laughing....4 years and counting....swift my *********?!*)(*&^^*************
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Second to last page:-Real’ or not ‘real’
The Independent Advisory Panel on arrears regarded around £900m of debt as ‘not real’. This includes the cases where Interim Maintenance Assessments were used and where the debt that can be collected is likely to be much smaller. This tends to contribute towards an exaggeration of the £3.8bn outstanding arrears.
In the past, parents who could not be traced or did not respond to the CSA were subject to punitively high “Interim Maintenance Assessments’ (IMAs) – these assessments would typically reduce when parents came forward with actual earnings however not all IMAs were converted to assessments and instead were often added to the arrears balance. It is understood IMAs account for around £930m of arrears on IMA cases, of which £83m cannot be collected due to a gap in the legislation between 1993 and April 1995.
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IMAs were a terrible idea, the debt totals are completely incorrect because of them.0
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Interesting Read. Wonder if they stick to it.
I love the line..'If we say we are going to do something ....we will'
Yes maybe after you've had 6 phone calls !!Hi, we’ve had to remove your signature. If you’re not sure why please read the forum rules or email the forum team if you’re still unsure - MSE ForumTeam0
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