Written questions

Child Benefit: Maladministration

Commons · Question 109648 · Tabled 29 Jan 2026 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 10 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer 108352 of 29 January 2026 on Child Benefit: Maladministration, if the erroneous suspension of child benefits through the data sharing agreement was raised as part of the weekly feedback sharin

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 10 Feb 2026

Mechanisms for sharing weekly management information and feedback from compliance teams were in place. HMRC do not routinely publish information of this nature. HMRC use international travel data and other checks to help tackle Child Benefit error and fra...