Truants' Parents Face Docking Of Benefits

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Parents who let their children play truant from school could have their child benefit payments docked.

The Government's adviser on behaviour has said the current system of penalty notices does not work because around half of them went unpaid.

Under Charlie Taylor's new plans, the maximum fine will go up from ?50 to ?60, doubling to ?120 pounds if not paid within 28 days.

And if people fail to pay, Mr Taylor said the money should be taken automatically from their child benefit.

Mr Taylor, who has worked in some of London's toughest schools, was commissioned by Education Secretary Michael Gove to look at the issue of school attendance in the wake of the summer riots last year.

Announcing his findings today, he will say: "We know that some parents simply allow their children to miss lessons and then refuse to pay the fine.

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I thought child benefit was paid towards child maintenance and expenses so how?s that?s going to help any child when there is no money left for them.

I suggest our govt just trying to save more money for them self and ~~~~ the parents.

[Snowy79]

The Government has the right idea. Child Benefit is for the kids but realistically a lot of the vermin don't spend it on the kids. It goes on their drink and fags. Maybe if they stopped Child Benfit for those that have never worked we might not have so many feral kids in inner cities.

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My wife got hold of child benefit book from day 1 when child was born and I never saw a penny benefited from that money.

Wife got to get milk powder, nappies, and children wears, and the amount of money govt paid was peanuts any way.

Shoes for each child at present time cost around ?25.00 and that?s lots of money compare with the amount paid for each child every week.

Child benefit is for every one even the rich get them the money is paid from the tax payers and stopping payment to parents I would class as criminal offence.

[johnboy1974]

All of a sudden now that their benefits may be cut these parents might now show a bit of responsibility in knowing where their children are and when they are there. A good idea in my opinion.

[Meat-Head]

So we are in the 21st centuary, the chinese make all sorts of things, everybody has a computer, all fat unemployed people have an i phone.

SO why not make every skool have a finger print reader, at the gate, everybody can get in, nobody can get out (stuff the postman)

Then when they say their weird named kid was off-line at home, with this geo fix technology, kids finger print, gps location sent to skool.

not ideal, but yes fat people should have benefits stopped, i'm a tax payer, so ~~~~ em

[maca]

Kill them and stuff the channel tunnel up with them then they have a use

[happy_highlander]

I have always been a firm believer that any family who conceive a child while on state benefits should not receive any extra money if they are still claiming benefits when the child is born. Watch the ~~~~in birth rate drop like a stone.

[Snowy79]

I agree I don't get Sky TV benefit or flash car benefit so why should people get child benefit. If you want a kid save up for it or take out a credit card loan.

[young]

~~~~ giving billions of pounds to other nations,~~~~wasting billions in the EU,~~~~ the fact that all the Councilers are taking the cream of the top of the cake,~~~~ that there arnt enough jobs,~~~~ that ~~~~ this if this goverment would stop making stupid laws and start concentrating on doing the job they are paid for(running the country),instead of taxing everyone to the limit, some people use the benefits system as a cash cow, but there are genuine people who dont have a choice,what good will it do stopping benefits. they will find other means of getting it, more people will turn to theft,drugs and other things,whats the point in fining them there obviuosly not going to pay it, rant over