18.19.1. Minister for the Cabinet Office
The government minister in charge of the day-to-day running of the Civil Service, including the CSA. The Prime Minister is formally in charge of them.
The Right Hon Dr Jack Cunningham MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office
Office of Public Service, 70 Whitehall, London SW1A 2ASE-Mail: jcunningham@ccta.gov.uk
Tel: 0171 270 0400
FAX: 0171 270 0196
18.19.2. House of Commons Public Information Line
0171 219 4272
18.19.3. Social Security Committee
socseccom@parliament.uk
Bills before Parliament (e.g. current Social Security bill)
http://www.parliament.the-stationery-
office.co.uk/pa/pabills.htmSearch parliamentary publications database (powerful search of Hansard - Commons, Lords, etc.)
http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/cgi-bin/tso_fx?DB=tso
FAX: 0171 925 0918
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anderson@parliament.uk;
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18.20. Independent Case Examiner
Irreverently referred to as the ICE Maiden, she seems to be performing a lot better than the CSA. Publish an annual report, available free on request.
PO Box 155
Chester CH99 9SATel: 0845 6060 777 (local rate)
0151 801 8800
FAX: 0845 801 8825Website: www.ind-case-exam.org.uk. It contains little except the complaints procedure.
18.21. Inland Revenue (ex Contributions Agency)
Responsible for collecting National Insurance contributions, including the self-employed. As self-employed contributions are dependent on profits they want to know about under-declared profits.
Fraud Hotline: 0800 788 887
http://www.dss.gov.uk/ca
Can order CSA to correct some mistakes. Please post articles to the newsgroup if you have experience of using the Magistrates' Courts.
18.23. National Association for Child Support Action (NACSA)
The National Association for Child Support Action is a national organisation which has been running since the end of 1993. It specialises in child support matters.
PO Box 3159, Fishermead, Milton Keynes MK6 2YB.
01908 665646
http://www.scallywag.com/nacsa
NACSA's "Survival Guide" (http://www.scallywag.com/nacsa/survive.pdf) is very helpful. It also contains a lot of material on campaigning to sort out problems with both the CSA and the legislation.
NACSA publish a newsletter, "NACSA News". Back Issues available from the website.
NACSA have a CSA assessment program for download from the website.
Press Office: 0171 798 7400
To find UK official documents
http://www.official-documents.co.uk/menu/uk.htm
To find text of UK official documents
http://www.official-documents.co.uk/menu/ukpinf.htm
18.26. Parliamentary Ombudsman
Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration
Church House
Great Smith Street
London SW1P 3BWTel: 0171 276 2130 and 0171 276 3000
You can only ask the Ombudsman to look at your case via your MP but you can contact them directly to ask for an explanatory leaflet. If your MP refuses to ask the Ombudsman then you can ask another MP to do so.
The Ombudsman's leaflet does not explain that they will not:
* take action when a similar problem has already been investigated
* award compensation unless the CSA have already been asked for compensationThis makes the ombudsman next to useless for what they were intended to do: to protect the citizen from the excesses of government.
The CSA Independent Case Examiner is more useful.
18.27. Press - getting information from them
Electronic Telegraph (includes excellent searchable archive of Telegraph articles back to Nov 1994).
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/Manchester Evening Standard
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/
18.28. Press - getting information to them
Daily Mail letters@dailymail.co.uk
Daily Star ooh-aah@megastar.co.uk
Daily Telegraph editor@telegraph.co.uk 0171 513 2506
fax 0171 538 5000
Mail on Sunday jason.lewis@dial.pipex.com
Evening Standard g_webb@pavilion.co.uk
Express research@express.co.uk
Guardian letters@guardian.co.uk 0171 837 2114 fax
0171 278 2332
Guardian (PR) ian.mayes@guardian.co.uk
Independent online@independent.co.uk 0171 293 2047
fax 0171 345 2000
Independent on Sunday 0171 293 2044
Mirror (Dear Jo and Justice with Jacobs)
s.haselwimmer@mgn.co.uk
dearjo@mirror.co.uk
1 Canada Square, London, E14 5AP
Observer letters@observer.co.uk 0171 713 4250
Observer (PR) ian.mayes@observer.co.uk
Private Eye strobes@private-eye.co.uk
Sunday Telegraph 0171 513 2504
Sunday Times jonathan@delphi.com 0171 782 5658
Times times.interface@dial.pipex.com 0171 782
5988 fax 0171 782 5000
Publish "Child Support: The Legislation" with commentary by Edward Jacobs and Gillian Douglas. The 1997 edition has ISBN 0-421-59520-5 and cost around UKP 36.00.
Not for the faint hearted, this is the text that most Tribunals and Commissioners rely on at hearings, as do CSA Presenting Officers. It includes some decisions of the Child Support Commissioners.
Also publish "FAMILY MATTERS" and "SOCIAL SECURITY" on a free monthly basis via their website at www.smlawpub.co.uk (you register first).
Wide ranging discussions, listened to by many MPs. Have discussed CSA both in dedicated programmes and in the general programme "Openline" which is on many evenings, hosted by Anna Raeburn. Jacobs (of Justice with Jacobs in the Mirror) at 11 AM on Wednesdays.
Tel: 0500 105389
Frequencies: 1053 and 1089 medium wave (the old Radio 1 settings)
