Question follow-through · 10253
High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of moving the High Income Child Benefit Charge from an individual to a household income basis.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 16 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 24 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of moving the High Income Child Benefit Charge from an individual to a household income basis.
18 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government understands the concerns that have been raised about the High Income Child Benefit Charge and the £100,000 threshold for childcare. These are both calculated on an individual rather than a household basis, in line with other income tax poli...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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