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<p>The Department is committed to the policy of referring those defaulting on their
child maintenance payments to credit reference agencies.</p><p>Following the change
in legislation in March 2015, we have been working with the credit reference agencies
to put in place a process to share liability order information. We are currently working
with the credit reference agencies to negotiate a cost effective contract for this
data service.</p><p>To date no liability order information has been shared, but it
is CMG’s intention to do so as soon as possible.</p><p>As at 7<sup>th</sup> November
2016 there are a total of 1,152 cases prepared and ready to share with credit reference
agencies; we plan to disclose this information with credit reference agencies once
an appropriate process is in place. In the interim we continue to issue warning letters
to prompt action by non-resident parents to settle their arrears, and will where appropriate
consider other enforcement actions on these cases.</p><p> </p>
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