Child Benefit: Fraud
Commons · Question 105367 · Tabled 13 Jan 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the press release entitled Child Benefit action to save £350 million from claimants abroad, published on 22 August 2025, and to the correspondence from the Chief Executive and First Permanent Secre
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...