Written Question·Treasury·UIN 105331
Child Benefit: Fraud
Tabled: 13 January 2026
Answered: 19 January 2026
Question
Mr Andrew Snowden
Conservative — Fylde
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2025 to Question 103948 on Child Benefit: Fraud, if she will make an estimate of the cost to her Department of time spent reviewing old cases.
Answer
Dan TomlinsonThe projected savings for the residency compliance work are a component of a wider measure announced at Autumn Budget 24 and forms part of the overall forecast for Child Benefit expenditure. The estimate of £350 million over five years for the total savin...
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