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	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to improve public understanding of the link between national insurance credits and child benefit; and what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the pension income of stay-at-home parents who do not claim child benefit of the high-income child benefit tax charge.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	214595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The government has always encouraged families to claim Child Benefit to receive the associated National Insurance credits and help protect their future right to the State Pension.</p><p> </p><p>Parents are advised to do this on the Child Benefit claim form (which is included in Bounty Packs that go to new parents), through the HMRC helpline, and online at GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2019 the Child Benefit claim form and accompanying notes will further emphasise the non-monetary benefits a Child Benefit award provides: in particular, the associated National Insurance credits which protect their State Pension.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, HMRC is developing social media content and material that can be distributed to external partners, to further promote the importance of claiming.</p><p> </p><p>Most parents are able to qualify for the new State Pension, even if there are gaps of up to 15 years in their National Insurance records. This means that those parents who have not claimed Child Benefit still have the opportunity to achieve the full State Pension.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 04/02/2019 12:20:30 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

931314

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are in receipt of child benefit and for how many children.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	157656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>As at 31st August 2017, the total number of families in receipt of Child Benefit in the United Kingdom was 7,376,965 and the total number of children for whom Child Benefit is received was 12,847,100. These figures are on page 4 of the HM Revenue and Customs Child Benefit Statistics: Geographical Analysis August 2017 publication, which can be found by following the link below: [<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/691948/Child_Benefit_Commentary_August_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/691948/Child_Benefit_Commentary_August_2017.pdf</a>]</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 02/07/2018 13:23:48 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

927721

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of progress on delivering the future of child benefit transformation project, and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	155822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The Future of Child Benefit Programme will migrate current Child Benefit customer data from the existing DWP IT System across to a more modern, stable and flexible IT system within HMRC. The Programme is currently on track for delivery in late 2019.</p><p>It will enable HMRC to maintain existing claims and payments, and process new claims for Child Benefit within the HMRC IT estate.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 25/06/2018 13:38:45 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

910244

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exechequer, how many new parents received bounty packs with paperwork containing information on applying for child benefit in 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	147351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2018 answer text <p>In the period from the beginning of April 2016 to end March 2017 HMRC distributed a total of 743,733 packs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/06/2018 13:40:28 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

909334

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Child Benefit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on child benefit being paid in respect of all children in a family, regardless of their number.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	146822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>Child Benefit helps with the costs of raising children, such as the cost of food, clothing and other necessities. This benefit remains universal, while a minority of families have some or all of their Child Benefit charged back via the High Income Child Benefit Charge.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 25/05/2018 14:35:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord