The latest figures from the Child Support Agency, for the last quarterof 2005, show that 30 per cent of non-resident parents that it collectsmaintenance from were failing to pay. The figures raise questions aboutprevious statistics showing that 70 per cent of absent parents wererefusing to pay.
But a spokeswoman for One Parent Families said: "This tells one part ofthe story and it is quite wrong to use them to say non payment has beenexaggerated."
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