Child Support Agency

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 9 March 2015.

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Photo of Steve Webb Steve Webb The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions 2:30, 9 March 2015

We recognise that further incremental reform would not deal with the long and deep-seated problems with the Child Support Agency. That is why we are closing all the cases on the existing system and moving towards a much more streamlined system. To provide one example of the improvements, we now get data direct from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs rather than having to wait for non-resident parents to provide payslips, so we have prompt and accurate information to avoid arrears building up.