Written Question·Treasury·UIN 107494

Child Benefit: Northern Ireland

Tabled: 21 January 2026
Answered: 26 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Conservative — Fylde

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 23,794 cases relate to families in Northern Ireland.

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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