Written Question·Treasury·UIN 26121

Child Benefit

Tabled: 23 January 2025
Answered: 30 January 2025

Question

Jake Richards

Labour — Rother Valley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse would be to not claim back child benefit from parents who have lost a child in the year after the upfront payment.

Answer

James Murray
I refer the hon member to the answer given on 24 January to UIN 25010 regarding estimated costs of not claiming back Child Benefit overpayments.