Written Question·Treasury·UIN 25010
Children: Maintenance
Tabled: 20 January 2025
Answered: 24 January 2025
Named DayQuestion
Jake Richards
Labour — Rother Valley
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the cost to her Department of not claiming back child benefit from parents who have lost a child in the year since the original payment.
Answer
James MurrayThe estimated cost of not claiming back Child Benefit payments from parents who have lost a child in the year since the payment was made is not readily available and could only be produced at disproportionate cost.