Written Question·Treasury·UIN 20562

Child Benefit: Fraud

Tabled: 17 December 2024

Answered: 20 December 2024

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help prevent people from fraudulently claiming child benefit.

Answer

James Murray

HMRC estimated the 2023-24 Child Benefit Error and Fraud (E&F) rate to be 1.6% (£200m) of total Child Benefit expenditure.Child Benefit has strong pre-award controls. The emphasis of HMRC’s compliance strategy remains on unreported changes in circumst...

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