Written Question·Treasury·UIN 105403

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, when she estimates the c 23,500 cohort will have been fully reviewed.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
The 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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