Reply on David Cameron's Behalf. Was anything done? NOT!

Thank you for writing to David Cameron - I'm replying on his behalf. I'm sorry for the long delay in my reply. Thank you for your email, we can appreciate your serious concerns about thefailings of the Child Support Agency. It is very clear to us that much morework must be done to sort out the chaos. Whilst we support the principle of theCSA, it is clear that the agency in its current form is unable to use itsenforcement powers effectively.There has been a mounting catalogue of mismanagement and chaos over the last fewyears, which questions the credibility of the basic structure of the system.This cannot be allowed to continue for the sake of those who are missing out onessential child support payments as well as suffering enormous frustration intrying to communicate with the agency.The Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Philip Hammond MP, recently askedGovernment Ministers to accept responsibility for failing to get a grip on theorganisation far sooner because their lack of political leadership has resultedin fundamental problems with the CSA not being addressed. As a result, hundredsof thousands of single parent families have experienced real hardship.The Conservatives have also published a list of key facts highlighting thecontinuing failure of the CSA, which include 330,000 cases left unprocessed; ahalving of face-to-face contact between parents and CSA staff since 1997; just61% of maintenance being paid correctly; over £3bn of arrears uncollected - 80%of which is now recognised as "uncollectable"; a 30% rise in complaints; and ITproblems resulting in thousands of cases switched back to paper files. Our social justice policy group are looking at, among other issues; familypolicy, parenting and childcare and support during the early years. To see further details of the policy group, please follow this link to theirwebsite;http://www.socialjusticechallenge.com/Thank you again for taking the trouble to write.Yours sincerely,David BealCorrespondence SecretaryDavid Cameron's OfficeHouse of CommonsLondon SW1A 0AA
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