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High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge

Commons · Question 106990 · Tabled 20 Jan 2026 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 28 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people paid the Higher Income Child Benefit Charge in (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024.

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 28 Jan 2026

Statistics on the number of people paying the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) are published each year as part of the Child Benefit Statistics annual release. The latest figures are available here: Child Benefit Statistics: annual release, August ...