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High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people paid the Higher Income Child Benefit Charge in (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
20 Jan 2026
Target answer date
22 Jan 2026
Answer
28 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people paid the Higher Income Child Benefit Charge in (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024.

  2. 22 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    Statistics on the number of people paying the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) are published each year as part of the Child Benefit Statistics annual release. The latest figures are available here: Child Benefit Statistics: annual release, August ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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