Some children could be PENSIONERS by the time their parents finally pay off a “rump” of child maintenance debt, MPs heard today.
Around 69,000 parents still owe their partners money dating back to the Child Support Agency - which was replaced with a new system from 2012.
All but £310m of the old debt was written off in an amnesty. But Joshua Reddaway of the National Audit Office (NAO) told MPs the “rump” that is left will be “collected for a very very long time.”
