Mr Reverandfunk, you'll be pleased to hear that the Home Secretary is thinking about trialling Absent Father Detector Vans. lol
The latest incarnation of the CSA will be the snappily-titled Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission. No, seriously.
The CSA's stated role is to reduce the financial burden on the Exchequer of parents who live apart. Their main interest is in getting the absent parent who works to pay for the parent with care who is on welfare benefits.
When the parent with care makes an application for welfare benefits this is treated as an automatic application to the CSA. However much the CSA wrings out the of absent parent, the parent with care only gets the welfare benefits to which they're entitled, plus a maximum CSA payment of �10 per week. How does this help the children?
It's easier for the CSA to pursue salaried absent parents because they can traced through HMRC and they can make deductions from wages based on incorrect assessments. It's more difficult to pursue the workers who change employer regularly, the self-employed and those who can afford to employ accountants.
As for chavs and chavettes, am sure there's a human rights loophole that means they don't have to co-operate with the CSA at all.