My partner ha had major problems with the CSA - to cut a long story short they started by saying he owed £17,000 (where they got that figure from we dont know) and that they would be taking £70 odd pound a week. When he said that we wouldnt afford this the slapped on a deductions of earnings order.
They then reassessed the claim, had all our pay slips etc and said we should be paying £51 a week which included £25 a week off the arrears. We had a nother letter come through confirming this but it stated he would be paying it direct to them. He phoned to query this as we are currently under DEO to be told that that figure they had come up with was wrong and he should be paying £87 a week but "we probably wont get that because it will take you under your protected earnings" and they notified us we would be recieving a letter within the next few months fromtheir arrears section.
Anyway his employers have only been able to give them £52 a week (anything more would take him under protected earning limit) but heres the problem. He works with vulnerable adults in the community and uses his car for work. He puts in around £40 petrol a week but gets back a proprtion of this as expenses at the end of the month tax free (it works out to be around £100 he gets back) this weeks wages have gone into his account and low and behold only his protected earnings have gone in. He phoned up his payroll dept to find out where his expenses are to be told that the CSA class these as earnings adn because they have not been recieving the full amount they requested his employers have had to use this to pay the CSA the rest of the amount which is owed.
Is this legal? i mean this means that he is losing out by having to use his car for work - he makes a loss onthe petrol as it is but at least we recouped some of this back but now we are £140 worse off as we are not getting any of his expenses back.
