Written Question·Treasury·UIN 86555
Child Benefit: British Nationals Abroad
Tabled: 29 October 2025
Answered: 7 November 2025
Question
Mr Paul Kohler
Liberal Democrat — Wimbledon
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps, with reference to the Cabinet Office's press release her Department is taking to rectify data on people erroneously identified as having been outside of the UK for more than eight weeks for Child Benefit
Answer
Dan TomlinsonAs 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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