Question follow-through · 104272
Child Benefit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to answer 98955 of 16 December 2025 on Child Benefit, how many of the 7,781 enquiries which remained open have since been addressed; and what the outcomes were.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 8 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 14 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to answer 98955 of 16 December 2025 on Child Benefit, how many of the 7,781 enquiries which remained open have since been addressed; and what the outcomes were.
14 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jan 2026
Answer published
In total, of the 23,794 enquiries opened, 1,109 have been determined non-compliant. 5,637 remain open.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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