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, how many Child Benefit claimants were erroneously identifie

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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