Child Benefit: British Nationals Abroad — Written Question

Question

Mr Paul Kohler

Liberal Democrat — Wimbledon

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Cabinet Office's press release entitled Child Benefit action to save £350 million from claimants abroad, published on 22 August 2025, for what reason her Department chose international travel d

Answer

Dan Tomlinson

As part of its ongoing efforts to reduce error and fraud in the Child Benefit system, HMRC ran a pilot last year using data on international travel and UK employment for a random sample of 200,000 Child Benefit records. This was to identify and remove peo...

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