Editing Child Support Agency (section)

==Calculation and systems==
A new method of child maintenance calculation came into effect on 3 March 2003. The previous method used a "complex formula of up to 108 pieces of information",<ref name="BBC-Jul01">
{{cite news|title=Child support complaints up by a third |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1419422.stm |date=2001-07-03 |access-date=2006-10-28 |work=[[BBC News]] |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> by first calculating the total [[child maintenance]] required based on the children's ages, then calculating the non-resident parents income after various [[Personal allowance|allowance]]s were subtracted, and finally working out what portion of the calculated maintenance was to be paid by the non-resident parent, based on their income.<ref name=CSA2001> {{Cite web |title=Child support: For Parents Who Live Apart |url=http://www.csa.gov.uk/pdf/english/leaflets/old/CSA2001.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060331014237/http://www.csa.gov.uk/pdf/english/leaflets/old/CSA2001.pdf |date=December 2005 |archive-date=2006-03-31|work=Child Support Agency}}</ref>

Under the new method the formula for child maintenance was simplified, with a fixed [[percentage]] basic rate being calculated using the NRPs [[net income]] (of £200 to £2,000 per week), and deductions of 15% for one child, 20% for two, and 25% for three or more.<ref name="BBC179">{{cite news |title=Delayed CSA system to go online |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2699179.stm |access-date=2021-03-19 |work=[[BBC News]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=2003-01-27}}</ref> Where maintenance is calculated using the basic rate, the amount of maintenance is also reduced if the non-resident parent has children in their current family. Where this is relevant, the CSA would not take into account: 15% of their net weekly income if there is one child living with them, 20% if they are two children living with them, and 25% for three or more.<ref name=CSL101>{{Cite web|url=http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/@dg/@en/@benefits/documents/digitalasset/dg_198849.pdf |title=How is Child Maintenance Worked Out? |archive-url=
https://web.archive.org/web/20111030153923/http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/@dg/@en/@benefits/documents/digitalasset/dg_198849.pdf |archive-date=2011-10-30 |access-date=2011-10-30 |work=Child Support Agency}}</ref>