Question follow-through · 60173
Child Benefit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households stopped receiving child benefit following the introduction of (a) the two child benefit cap and (b) means testing in (i) Telford constituency, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 16 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 19 Jun 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households stopped receiving child benefit following the introduction of (a) the two child benefit cap and (b) means testing in (i) Telford constituency, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England.
19 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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19 Jun 2025
Answer published
Child Benefit is a non-means tested benefit payable to families as a contribution towards the cost of raising children. The High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) is a tax charge for families in receipt of Child Benefit payments on higher individual inc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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