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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