Child Benefit: Maladministration
Commons · Question 105764 · Tabled 14 Jan 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date (i) HMRC and (ii) ministers in her Department were notified of child benefit claimants incorrectly having benefits stopped due to data sharing with the Home Office.
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 20 Jan 2026
HMRC use international travel data and other checks to help tackle Child Benefit error and fraud, which is expected to save around £350 million over the next five years. As HMRC scaled up the work through September and into October 2025, it came to HMRC’s...