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| Ministers are planning to publish the names of absent parents who refuse to pay maintenance for their children. | Ministers are planning to publish the names of absent parents who refuse to pay maintenance for their children. |
| Under the plans, people convicted of failing to support their children could have their details put on a website. | Under the plans, people convicted of failing to support their children could have their details put on a website. |
| The move is expected to be among a series of measures in a white paper as details of the CSA's replacement is announced later this week. | |
| Its new enforcement powers will be aimed at around 30% of parents who the agency has not been able to track down. | Its new enforcement powers will be aimed at around 30% of parents who the agency has not been able to track down. |
| The idea of putting the names of parents who fail to support their children on a website has already been tried in the US. | The idea of putting the names of parents who fail to support their children on a website has already been tried in the US. |
| BBC political correspondent Garry O'Donoghue said in the UK the website could be up and running within months as legislation is not needed to get it online. | BBC political correspondent Garry O'Donoghue said in the UK the website could be up and running within months as legislation is not needed to get it online. |
| Our correspondent said ministers believed "naming and shaming" non-payers would be a low-cost way of making a high impact. | Our correspondent said ministers believed "naming and shaming" non-payers would be a low-cost way of making a high impact. |
| Electronic tagging | Electronic tagging |
| Ministers are set to announce proposals this week which are expected to include removing passports from absent parents who do not pay up and imposing curfews and electronic tagging. | |
| It comes as the CSA, which has been dogged by problems and is owed £3.5bn, is to be scrapped. | It comes as the CSA, which has been dogged by problems and is owed £3.5bn, is to be scrapped. |
| The Child Support Bill, unveiled in the Queen's Speech, aims to replace it with a smaller body and a simpler way of collecting child maintenance. | The Child Support Bill, unveiled in the Queen's Speech, aims to replace it with a smaller body and a simpler way of collecting child maintenance. |
| However, some campaigners fear that more than £1bn owed to parents will be written off when the agency is replaced. | However, some campaigners fear that more than £1bn owed to parents will be written off when the agency is replaced. |