Written Question·Treasury·UIN 107493

Child Benefit: Fraud and Maladministration

Tabled: 21 January 2026

Answered: 26 January 2026

Named Day

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2026 to Question 104272 on Child Benefit, how many and what proportion of the 1,109 cases due to (a) fraud, (b) claimant error and (c) official error.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson

Of the 23,794 Child Benefit enquires opened between August and October 2025 to confirm claimant’s residency status, 346 (1.5%) were issued to Northern Ireland claimants.HMRC does not hold a breakdown of the categories of error and fraud for those customer...

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