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HM Revenue & Customs loss of data
Thursday, November 22, 2007
CSA child maintenance information is not affected by this loss. If you are concerned that you are affected by HM Revenue & Customs loss of Child Benefit data you can find out more on the HMRC website.
First Chair of The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission Announced
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions announces the appointment of Janet Paraskeva as Chair Designate of the new Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission.
More children benefiting as Child Support Agency continues to improve
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
674,000 children are now benefiting from child maintenance - an increase of more than 32,000 children since March 2007.
CSA extends campaign to get tough on 62,000 parents who refuse to take responsibility for their children
Monday, September 24, 2007
The CSA has extended its campaign targeting 62,000 parents who collectively owe their children almost £200 million.
Lord McKenzie issues ultimatum to 4,500 parents in Cardiff area
Friday, September 21, 2007
Today Lord McKenzie, Child Maintenance Minister, launched a campaign in Cardiff which targets 4,500 parents who refuse to take responsibility for their children.
CSA gets tough on 62,000 parents who refuse to take responsibility for their children
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
The CSA has launched a campaign targeting 62,000 parents who collectively owe their children almost £200 million.
Good overall performance for the start of year two of the Operational Improvement Plan
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Quarterly Summary Statistics (QSS) on the Child Support Agency's performance have been published today.
One day postal strike
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
A 24 hour postal strike has been called starting at 7.00pm on Thursday 12 July and running to 7.00pm on 13 July 2007.
One day postal strike
Thursday, June 28, 2007
A one day postal strike has been called for 29 June 2007.
Government calls for both parents to be named on birth registrations
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
The Government today set out proposals to require unmarried parents to jointly register the birth of their children.
Information withholders to be named
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
The Child Support Agency (CSA) intend to publish information on our website about non-resident parents who have been taken to court and successfully prosecuted for an information offence. We feel that taking this action and making an example of those who commit these offences will encourage other non-resident parents to give us the information we need straight away. The parent was prosecuted because they did not give us the information we needed to deal with a child maintenance application, or gave us information that they knew to be false.
Campaign to get Sheffield parents to pay what they owe
Monday, June 06, 2007
A new advertising campaign was launched today in Sheffield to show the 17,000 parents in the area who do not take financial responsibility for their children, the consequences of failing to pay child maintenance
Lord McKenzie issues ultimatum to more than 18,000 Newcastle parents
Monday, May 21, 2007
Today Lord McKenzie, Child Maintenance Minister, was in Newcastle to launch a campaign which targets more than 18,000 parents from the area who refuse to take responsibility for their children.
About our site
Thursday, May 17, 2007
We've introduced changes to our website to make it quicker and easier for you to find the information you want such as our child maintenance calculator.
DWP publishes response to consultation on Child Maintenance White Paper
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
The Department for Work and Pensions has today published its response to the consultation on the Child Maintenance White Paper, ‘A New System of Child Maintenance’, which was published last year.
196,400 reasons to pay your child maintenance
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
We are taking quicker and firmer action against parents who fail to pay child maintenance. We are also looking into thousands of cases where parents have avoided paying what they owe for their children over many years.
Independent Case Examiner annual report
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
The Independent Case Examiner, Jodie Berg, has published her latest annual report on the Child Support Agency. The Independent Case Examiner provides impartial investigation into complaints about the way that the Child Support Agency has handled a customer's case.


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