Maintenance Enforcement (Hansard, 4 March 1991)

§ Miss Lestor
To ask the Attorney-General what consideration he is giving to the relationship between access and maintenance in the new legislation on maintenance enforcement to ensure that failure to pay does not result in the child being forbidden to see a parent.

§ The Attorney-General
The Child Support Bill and the Maintenance Enforcement Bill are concerned only with the assessment and payment of maintenance. The difficulties surrounding the denial of access to an absent parent are being considered as part of the Government's review of the family justice system. There is no proposal that failure to pay maintenance will result in the child's being forbidden to see the parent who has failed to pay.

§ Miss Lestor
To ask the Attorney-General whether there are any proposals when the private child support agency is established to track down and collect maintenance from errant fathers to ensure that shared access is enforced.

§ The Attorney-General
The Child Support Agency, which will be a "next steps" agency accountable to the

Confirmed redundancies—Leeds metropolitan district area

SIC 1980 division Year

1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 ²1990

Agriculture, forestry, fishing ¹— ¹— ¹— ¹— ¹— ¹— ¹—.

Energy and water supply industries 206 235 ¹— ¹— 150 ¹— ¹—

Extraction of minerals and ores other than fuels; manufacture of metals, mineral products and chemicals 226 224 91 69 81 ¹— 122

Metal goods, engineering and vehicle industries 1,531 478 1,031 801 518 207 612

Other manufacturing industries 940 670 467 658 623 521 950

Construction 120 215 95 ¹— ¹— 62 69

Distribution, hotels and catering; repairs 374 487 400 1,028 362 226 135

Transport and communication 190 149 64 ¹— 54 245 93

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Secretary of State for Social Security, will be concerned only with issues relating to the assessment and payment of maintenance for children. It will have no involvement with issues of access, which will remain with the courts. As the White Paper "Children Come First" made clear, although absent parents sometimes see the payment of maintenance as connected to the question of their access to the children concerned, the two are separate issues which are decided on the basis of different criteria. Nonetheless, the Government are aware that there are difficulties surrounding the enforcement of access where an order has been made. This is one of the areas which is being considered as part of the Government's review of the family justice system in England and Wales.

Confirmed redundancies—Leeds metropolitan district area
SIC 1980 division	Year
	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	²1990
Agriculture, forestry, fishing	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—.
Energy and water supply industries	206	235	¹—	¹—	150	¹—	¹—
Extraction of minerals and ores other than fuels; manufacture of metals, mineral products and chemicals	226	224	91	69	81	¹—	122
Metal goods, engineering and vehicle industries	1,531	478	1,031	801	518	207	612
Other manufacturing industries	940	670	467	658	623	521	950
Construction	120	215	95	¹—	¹—	62	69
Distribution, hotels and catering; repairs	374	487	400	1,028	362	226	135
Transport and communication	190	149	64	¹—	54	245	93