RIBBLE Valley’s MP has demanded a ‘wholesale reform’ of the Child Support Agency after a mum has fought for more than five years for payments for her son.

The 31-year-old woman from Clitheroe, who wants to remain anonymous, said that she was owed more than £6,000 in child support payments from her ex-partner.

She said: “I want him to pay what he is suppose to and it’s the CSA’s job to collect the debt but they just don’t seem concerned.

“This is money that my son is entitled to and the agency should be doing something to try and get it for him but they are such a shambles and need to get their act together.”

The women first started fighting for payments for her only son in 2004 and since then has only received one direct payment.

Now, MP Nigel Evans, has called for a complete overhaul of the CSA system.

He said: “This woman is not alone. I am inundated with new cases every week at my surgery’s. The system allows parents to abdicate from resposibility for their own children.

“The system is just too beauracratic and it is not hungry enough to track down some dads who just won’t pay.

“We need to have a proper debate on the workings of the CSA so that we can come forward with proper reforms that will affect everybody and be fair to everyone.”

The CSA is currently handling 1.2million cases of parents seeking payments for their children.

A spokesperson for the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission said: "A major overhaul of child maintenance is already underway which will see the Child Support Agency (CSA) eventually replaced over the next few years by an entirely new child maintenance system from 2011."