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date less than 2023-01-25more like thismore than 2023-01-25
answering body
Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 remove filter
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
hansard heading Child Benefit more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of parents with 16-19 year olds in full-time further education at school and college were in receipt of child benefit in (a) England and (b) the UK in each of the last three years. more like this
tabling member constituency Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle more like this
tabling member printed
Emma Hardy more like this
uin 132425 remove filter
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-02-02more like thismore than 2023-02-02
answer text This information is only available at disproportionate cost as the available Child Benefit data does not distinguish between young persons who are 16 and not in further education and those who are. Information on the educational setting (school or college) attended by young people aged 16 or over is not held.<p> </p>Child Benefit statistics are published using August data from each year, detailing the number of children receiving Child Benefit payments by age and region. Figures from 2019-2021 for children aged 16-19 are summarised in the table below:<p> </p><p><strong>Number of children in (i) the UK and (ii) England receiving Child Benefit payments as of August of each year</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>643,915</p></td><td><p>542,490</p></td><td><p>656,640</p></td><td><p>554,150</p></td><td><p>660,420</p></td><td><p>557,185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>500,560</p></td><td><p>423,980</p></td><td><p>517,110</p></td><td><p>439,520</p></td><td><p>528,280</p></td><td><p>450,065</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>418,565</p></td><td><p>361,175</p></td><td><p>422,505</p></td><td><p>366,560</p></td><td><p>440,745</p></td><td><p>383,845</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>95,830</p></td><td><p>80,305</p></td><td><p>90,610</p></td><td><p>75,490</p></td><td><p>84,015</p></td><td><p>70,080</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note 1: not all 16 year olds will remain in further education from the following September</p><p> </p><p>The Child Benefit annual statistics are published on GOV.UK at:</p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-benefit-geographical-statistics" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-benefit-geographical-statistics</em></a>
answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle more like this
answering member printed Victoria Atkins more like this
grouped question UIN 132426 more like this
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less than 2023-02-02T14:21:11.163Zmore like thismore than 2023-02-02T14:21:11.163Z
answering member
4399
label Biography information for Victoria Atkins more like this
tabling member
4645
label Biography information for Emma Hardy more like this