Child Benefit: Fraud and Maladministration
Commons · Question 107493 · Tabled 21 Jan 2026 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2026 to Question 104272 on Child Benefit, how many and what proportion of the 1,109 cases due to (a) fraud, (b) claimant error and (c) official error.
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 26 Jan 2026
Of the 23,794 Child Benefit enquires opened between August and October 2025 to confirm claimant’s residency status, 346 (1.5%) were issued to Northern Ireland claimants.HMRC does not hold a breakdown of the categories of error and fraud for those customer...