After the BBC News interview with
Work & Pensions Minister, Maria Miller, this morning about reform of the
Child Support Agency there were some viewers’ texts.
One from a single mother asked
whether anybody really expected her to pay £100 to the CSA to enforce payment
of the £2.50 per week that the child’s father was liable to contribute.
Let me answer that one.
No, I don’t expect you or anybody
else – taxpayer included – to spend that or indeed any money trying to recover £2.50 a week from the father.
I would prefer to spend money on
trying to understand and change all the circumstances that create the expectation
that anyone would.
More than that I look forward to
the time that a clear understanding that nobody will pay is a major influence on decisions, actions
and attitudes that generate many (not all) of these problems.
