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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>

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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>

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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>

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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>

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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>

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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: [https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/691948/Child_Benefit_Commentary_August_2017.pdf<\/a>]<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4097", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Elizabeth Truss"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South West Norfolk"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Elizabeth Truss"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-07-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-07-02T13:23:48.957Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-06-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Child Benefit"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people are in receipt of child benefit and for how many children.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/478", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Birkenhead"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Frank Field"} ], "uin" : "157656"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/927721", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/927721/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

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>

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In the period from the beginning of April 2016 to end March 2017 HMRC distributed a total of 743,733 packs.<\/p>

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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>

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