Question follow-through · 106155
Child Benefit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at what level was the decision made to remove the PAYE checks after the Child Benefit compliance pilot.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 15 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 22 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at what level was the decision made to remove the PAYE checks after the Child Benefit compliance pilot.
22 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Jan 2026
Answer published
As HMRC’s First Permanent Secretary explained to the Treasury Select Committee on 13 January, the PAYE check was removed to streamline the process at an operational level, with a view to employment status being tested as part of any subsequent customer en...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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