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Parents owe 拢3.8bn in child maintenance
There is a UK backlog of more than 拢3.8bn in uncollected child maintenance payments, figures revealed by this programme show.
The money is owed by non-resident parents and has built up over 23 years, with figures showing about 1.2 million people are owed child maintenance.
The Department for Work and Pensions said a new system was "actively pursuing" unpaid child maintenance.
But Janet Allbeson, from the charity Gingerbread, called for parents waiting for money to receive compensation.
Nicola Rees reports.
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