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One in five fathers wrongly identified by mothers in Child Support Agency claims



 
 
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Old August 7th 08, 08:55 PM posted to alt.child-support
Dusty
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Default One in five fathers wrongly identified by mothers in Child Support Agency claims

Oh, my God.. "The agency now costs more than £500m a year to run, more than
double the cost in 1997." WTF?!?!?
Check out the numbers they use, especially when they get to the part how
5000 NCPs owe 26 million pounds (52 million US dollars).

Unbelievable.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...hildprotection
DNA testing: One in five fathers wrongly identified by mothers in Child
Support Agency claims
· No prosecutions made for false identifications
· Almost £4bn uncollected from non-resident parents
Nearly one in five paternity claims handled by the Child Support Agency have
been wrongly identified. Photograph: Science photo library

Nearly one in five paternity claims handled by the Child Support Agency end
up showing the mother has deliberately or inadvertently misidentified the
father, figures show.

Since DNA paternity testing figures began to be collected in 1998-99, 4,854
paternity claims have turned out to be false after DNA testing.

Under child support legislation it is a criminal offence to make a false
statement or representation, and to provide false documents or information.

However, according to the CSA, there has not been a single prosecution of a
woman for making a false claim. The figures showing the number of false
paternity claims have been compiled using freedom of information
legislation.

The latest figures for 2007-08 show that out of 3,474 tests ordered, 661 or
19% named the wrong man. The figure is a record for the CSA since central
figures started to be collated nationally. The negative results for tests
taken in 2004-05 were 10.6%, in 2005-06 were 16.4%, and 13.6% in 2006-07.

Government-approved paternity tests, based on samples in multiple parts of
the body, are deemed to be 99.99% accurate.

The CSA does not have figures for whether any women have named the wrong
father on more than one occasion. They also appear to have no information as
to why women named the wrong father.

CSA rules state that if the DNA test establishes that the named father is
the actual father, then he must pay for the cost of the test. If the DNA
establishes he is not the father then the taxpayer pays, so there is no
consquence for the mother in making a false claim.

The government has spent £9.37m on paternity tests since 1998. This includes
refunds for DNA tests privately funded.

Under CSA rules, men must pay maintenance the moment they are named as the
father of the child. They can challenge the ruling by asking for a DNA test
but have to pay for it themselves.

Chris Grayling, Conservative spokesman for work and pensions, said
yesterday: "This is an extremely worrying trend and one where proper action
should be taken. If some CSA claimants are getting away with making false
applications, it will not only slow things down for other families, but it
also sends the wrong message about the things we're willing to accept."

The revelations came as CSA figures this week showed the much-criticised and
reformed agency has been unable to collect £3.8bn in outstanding money owed
by non-resident parents to parents who care for the child. The figure
represents an increase of £120m on last year. Around £2.2bn of the debt is
"probably uncollectable", and the overall figure is rising by £10m a month,
the statistics showed.

But the CSA said the latest performance figures showed 768,000 children were
benefiting from maintenance payments - an extra 65,000 over the previous
year and an increase of 207,000 since March 2005, before the agency's
improvement plan was launched.

Of the £1.05bn benefiting children - an increase of £252m since March 2005 -
a total of £137.6m collected was arrears. Both figures represent the highest
level of money ever collected or arranged in a 12-month period.

At the same time, research by Grayling shows that more than 6,200
non-resident parents registered with the CSA are living abroad, but only 25%
of them are paying any child maintenance. Of the cases abroad 5,000 owe a
total debt of more than £26m, an average of more than £5,000 each.

There are 121,000 uncleared applications to the CSA. The agency now costs
more than £500m a year to run, more than double the cost in 1997. It cost
£563m in 2007/08 compared with £520m last year and £226m in 1997-98.

DNA testing
Paternity tests are relatively simple. In the past, blood samples were
tested, but most now involve using a swab to take samples of cells from
inside the cheek. The mother, child and assumed father must all take the
test and the same type of test, whether blood samples or cheek cells. After
examining the individual genetic markers in DNA, scientists can give an
answer that is more than 99% accurate. Paternity tests are not available on
the NHS. The tests, for mother, child and assumed father, usually costs
£257.58, according to the NHS Direct website.


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Old August 8th 08, 03:49 PM posted to alt.child-support
Phil
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Default One in five fathers wrongly identified by mothers in Child Support Agency claims


"Dusty" wrote in message
...
Oh, my God.. "The agency now costs more than £500m a year to run,
more than double the cost in 1997." WTF?!?!?
Check out the numbers they use, especially when they get to the part
how 5000 NCPs owe 26 million pounds (52 million US dollars).

Unbelievable.


Not at all. The FIRST job of any such agency is self-promotion and
growth, the actual job they are supposed to do ranks somewhat lower on
their scale of importance.
It is very telling that women who "father shop" are never charged. If
that started, women would be less likely to make charges willy-nilly in
an attempt to grab the cash, which would result in less need for the
agency, which goes against the primary goal.
Phil #3



-------------------------------------------------------
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...hildprotection
DNA testing: One in five fathers wrongly identified by mothers in
Child Support Agency claims
· No prosecutions made for false identifications
· Almost £4bn uncollected from non-resident parents
Nearly one in five paternity claims handled by the Child Support
Agency have been wrongly identified. Photograph: Science photo library

Nearly one in five paternity claims handled by the Child Support
Agency end up showing the mother has deliberately or inadvertently
misidentified the father, figures show.

Since DNA paternity testing figures began to be collected in 1998-99,
4,854 paternity claims have turned out to be false after DNA testing.

Under child support legislation it is a criminal offence to make a
false statement or representation, and to provide false documents or
information.

However, according to the CSA, there has not been a single prosecution
of a woman for making a false claim. The figures showing the number of
false paternity claims have been compiled using freedom of information
legislation.

The latest figures for 2007-08 show that out of 3,474 tests ordered,
661 or 19% named the wrong man. The figure is a record for the CSA
since central figures started to be collated nationally. The negative
results for tests taken in 2004-05 were 10.6%, in 2005-06 were 16.4%,
and 13.6% in 2006-07.

Government-approved paternity tests, based on samples in multiple
parts of the body, are deemed to be 99.99% accurate.

The CSA does not have figures for whether any women have named the
wrong father on more than one occasion. They also appear to have no
information as to why women named the wrong father.

CSA rules state that if the DNA test establishes that the named father
is the actual father, then he must pay for the cost of the test. If
the DNA establishes he is not the father then the taxpayer pays, so
there is no consquence for the mother in making a false claim.

The government has spent £9.37m on paternity tests since 1998. This
includes refunds for DNA tests privately funded.

Under CSA rules, men must pay maintenance the moment they are named as
the father of the child. They can challenge the ruling by asking for a
DNA test but have to pay for it themselves.

Chris Grayling, Conservative spokesman for work and pensions, said
yesterday: "This is an extremely worrying trend and one where proper
action should be taken. If some CSA claimants are getting away with
making false applications, it will not only slow things down for other
families, but it also sends the wrong message about the things we're
willing to accept."

The revelations came as CSA figures this week showed the
much-criticised and reformed agency has been unable to collect £3.8bn
in outstanding money owed by non-resident parents to parents who care
for the child. The figure represents an increase of £120m on last
year. Around £2.2bn of the debt is "probably uncollectable", and the
overall figure is rising by £10m a month, the statistics showed.

But the CSA said the latest performance figures showed 768,000
children were benefiting from maintenance payments - an extra 65,000
over the previous year and an increase of 207,000 since March 2005,
before the agency's improvement plan was launched.

Of the £1.05bn benefiting children - an increase of £252m since March
2005 - a total of £137.6m collected was arrears. Both figures
represent the highest level of money ever collected or arranged in a
12-month period.

At the same time, research by Grayling shows that more than 6,200
non-resident parents registered with the CSA are living abroad, but
only 25% of them are paying any child maintenance. Of the cases abroad
5,000 owe a total debt of more than £26m, an average of more than
£5,000 each.

There are 121,000 uncleared applications to the CSA. The agency now
costs more than £500m a year to run, more than double the cost in
1997. It cost £563m in 2007/08 compared with £520m last year and £226m
in 1997-98.

DNA testing
Paternity tests are relatively simple. In the past, blood samples were
tested, but most now involve using a swab to take samples of cells
from inside the cheek. The mother, child and assumed father must all
take the test and the same type of test, whether blood samples or
cheek cells. After examining the individual genetic markers in DNA,
scientists can give an answer that is more than 99% accurate.
Paternity tests are not available on the NHS. The tests, for mother,
child and assumed father, usually costs £257.58, according to the NHS
Direct website.




 




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