Press Release

 

CSA ‘Naming and Shaming’ Drive to be Ditched

 

• The Child Support Agency (CSA) acknowledges the ineffectiveness of the proposed naming and shaming policy.

 

• Families Need Fathers (FNF) are relieved that this draconian measure has been recognized as unsuitable.

 

Controversial government plans to ‘name and shame’ fathers who have failed to pay maintenance have been suspended after it’s lack of success. The website detailing ‘deadbeat dads’ has met with significant criticism as an ineffectual scheme which would have little benefit for anyone involved, least of all the child.

 

John Baker, FNF Chair, said of the decision, “We welcome this move, and hope that it indicates a more pragmatic approach to the issue of CSA maintenance and new leadership. We feel that less confrontational means are likely to produce better results.”

 

“For a body whose purpose is essentially to protect the child, it is hard to see how public humiliation of one of its parents could possibly be appropriate,” he added.

 

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Note for editors: Families Need Fathers (FNF) is a registered charity providing information and support on shared parenting issues arising from family breakdown, and support to divorced and separated parents, irrespective of gender or marital status. Our primary concern is the maintenance of the child’s relationship with both parents. Founded in 1974, FNF helps thousands of parents every year.

 

 

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