Written Question·Treasury·UIN 60173

Child Benefit

Tabled: 16 June 2025
Answered: 19 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Shaun Davies

LabourTelford

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households stopped receiving child benefit following the introduction of (a) the two child benefit cap and (b) means testing in (i) Telford constituency, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England.

Answer

James Murray
Child Benefit is a non-means tested benefit payable to families as a contribution towards the cost of raising children. The High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) is a tax charge for families in receipt of Child Benefit payments on higher individual inc...

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