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349839

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value was of (a) child benefit and (b) child tax credit paid to parents in respect of children not residing in the UK in the most recent year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	2063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The information is not available.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/06/2015 16:04:27 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

349840

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many awards of (a) child benefit and (b) child tax credit were made to parents in respect of a child not residing in the UK in the most recent year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	2064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The main purpose of child benefit and the child tax credit is to support families in the UK. Consequently, the rules for these benefits generally do not provide for them to be paid in respect of children who live abroad.</p><p> </p><p>Nevertheless, both child benefit and the child tax credit are family benefits under EC Regulation 883/2004. This regulation protects the social security rights of nationals of all member states of the European economic area (EEA), including the UK, and Switzerland when they exercise their rights of free movement under EU law.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As at 31 March 2015, there were 19,579 ongoing child benefit awards under EC Regulation 883/2004 in respect of 32,408 children living in another member state and 7,026 ongoing child tax credit awards under the regulation in respect of 11,762 children living in another member state.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is working with European partners to renegotiate the relevant social security co-ordination rules to remove the requirement to pay Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit in respect of children outside the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/06/2015 16:03:33 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

147443

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many benefit claims have been made by adults in the UK in respect of children resident in another country since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	214066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>The information is not held.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 214067 question first answered 19/11/2014 13:59:07 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

147444

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how many children resident in another country benefit claims have been made by adults in the UK since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	214067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>The information is not held.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 214066 question first answered 19/11/2014 13:59:07 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

143357

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value is of benefit claims made by adults in the UK in respect of children resident in another country since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	213911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The information is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 17/11/2014 15:49:11 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

77866

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many adults claim child tax credit for children not residing in the UK; and for how many children such UK child benefit is claimed.
tabling member constituency	Daventry
tabling member printed	Chris Heaton-Harris
uin	205924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The main purpose of child benefit and the child tax credit is to support families in the UK. Consequently, the rules for these benefits generally do not provide for them to be paid in respect of children who live abroad.</p><p> </p><p>Nevertheless, both child benefit and the child tax credit are family benefits under EC Regulation 883/2004. This regulation protects the social security rights of nationals of all member states of the European economic area, including the UK, and Switzerland when they exercise their rights of free movement under EU law.</p><p> </p><p>I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given on 14 May 2014, <em>Official report</em>, columns 676W-677W, for details about the number of claims for family benefits paid under the EC Regulations for children resident in another member state and which member states such children reside.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/07/2014 13:06:00 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris