Question follow-through · 107920
Child Benefit: National Insurance Credits
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people do not receive National Insurance credits through not applying for Child Benefit.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 22 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 29 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people do not receive National Insurance credits through not applying for Child Benefit.
26 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Jan 2026
Answer published
It is estimated that 214 thousand people who qualified for Child Benefit in 2024-25 were not claiming it and missed out on National Insurance credits. This estimate excludes those who paid National Insurance contributions or who received credits via anoth...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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