Question follow-through · 105814
Child Benefit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of Child Benefit claims that were suspended by HM Revenue and Customs on the basis of suspected emigration and were subsequently found to be compliant; what assessment she ha
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 22 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Economy and business
- Childcare: Income Tax · 15 Jan 2026
- Gyms and Leisure: Business Rates · 21 Jan 2026
- Childminding: Taxation · 4 Feb 2026
- Debts and Inflation · 9 Feb 2026
- Revenue and Customs: Standards · 14 May 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots · 15 Jul 2026
- Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 · 15 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of Child Benefit claims that were suspended by HM Revenue and Customs on the basis of suspected emigration and were subsequently found to be compliant; what assessment she ha
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Jan 2026
Answer published
HMRC’s Chief Executive wrote to the Treasury Select Committee on 14 November 2025 about this matter including the corrective action that HMRC has taken and its approach to redress. This letter was subsequently published by the Committee on 18 November 202...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Childcare: Income Tax
15 Jan 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the impact of the introduction of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax on childminders and other home-based childcare providers; and what assessment she has made of the po
Gyms and Leisure: Business Rates
21 Jan 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help mitigate the potential impact of the (a) removal of the 40% business rates relief and (b) planned revaluation of business rates revaluation on (i) gyms, (ii) swimming pools and (iii)
Childminding: Taxation
4 Feb 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Making Tax Digital on the childminding sector.
Debts and Inflation
9 Feb 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of (a) levels and trends in household and public sector indebtedness, (b) levels of corporate indebtedness, including debt associated with investment in artificial inte
Students: Loans
10 Feb 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has undertaken analysis of how student loan repayment arrangements affect (1) borrowers’ disposable income and (2) their ability to access mortgages.
Revenue and Customs: Standards
14 May 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) effectiveness of HMRC’s administrative and data handling processes and (b) adequacy of the average time taken by HMRC to respond to correspondence and resolve ongoing c
Personal Care Services: Business Rates
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to extend the 20% reduction in business rates from 2027-28 to hairdressing and beauty salons.