Written questions

Child Benefit: Fraud

Commons · Question 105331 · Tabled 13 Jan 2026 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 19 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

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

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 19 Jan 2026

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...