Question follow-through · 109328
High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans her Department has to reform the High Income Child Benefit Charge.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 5 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans her Department has to reform the High Income Child Benefit Charge.
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Feb 2026
Answer published
The High Income Child Benefit Charge is currently the best way to manage Child Benefit expenditure. By withdrawing Child Benefit from high-income families, it helps to ensure the sustainability of the public finances and protect our vital public services....
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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