There is a UK backlog of more than £3.8bn in uncollected child maintenance payments, figures have revealed.
The money is owed by non-resident parents and has built up over 23 years, with figures showing about 1.2 million people are owed child maintenance.
The latest figures, show the vast majority of unpaid maintenance money was accumulated under the Child Support Agency (CSA) - which was set up in 1993.
The system was replaced in 2012 after mistakes were made with
assessments and absent parents were not tracked down.
However, a further £93m of unpaid child maintenance has already developed under the new Child Maintenance Service (CMS) system.
Yet the new CMS system is full of loopholes and like it's predecessor the CSA is failing a new generation of children across Britain. CMS needs to be willing to take action which they seldom do and not let unpaid maintenance build up into the tens of thousands.
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