Written evidence to be reported to the House
Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill
12:00 pm
Professor Wikeley: My understanding is that, certainly in the past, the agency itself had real problems in identifying what the most serious cases were that needed enforcement action. Again, that is beginning to be turned around, which may be shown in the figures to which I referred earlier. In answer to your question, I would simply say that it will depend on the calibre of the staff and on the resources that they have available. We know that the tax inspector is a pretty efficient enforcer.