Child Support Agency

Child Support Agency

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Agency overview
Formed	5 April 1992 (1992-04-05)
Dissolved	31 October 2012 (2012-10-31)
Superseding agency	Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission
Jurisdiction	Great Britain
Status	Abolished
Minister responsible	Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Parent department	Department for Work and Pensions

The Child Support Agency (CSA) was a delivery arm of the Department for Work and Pensions (Child Maintenance Group) in Great Britain and the former Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland. Launched on 5 April 1993, the CSA was to implement the Child Support Act 1991 and arrange payments for parents living with their children.^[1] The CSA was abolished and replaced in 2012 by its successor, the Child Maintenance Service (CMS).