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Why was the Child Support Act introduced? Is it a Child Support Act or a means of Treasury support?
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... The Organisation of Welfare: Why was the Child Support Act introduced? Is it a Child Support Act or a means of Treasury support? The Child Support Agency (CSA) was established in April 1993 as an executive agency of the Department of social security. The agency was set up to operate a system of child maintenance collection introduced by the Child Support Act 1991 with the intention of collecting maintenance money for the children of parents who do not live together. The establishment of this agency has been surrounded by controversy and criticism. This essay does not intend to detail the history of the Child Support Agency. It intends to investigate why the Child Support Act was introduced. This will be achieved by looking at the background of the making of this piece of legislation. It also intends to address the main criticisms of the Act which are: whether or not the














