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Children: Maintenance

Asked by Jake RichardsLabourTreasuryTabled Answered 24 January 2025UIN 25010

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the cost to her Department of not claiming back child benefit from parents who have lost a child in the year since the original payment.

Answered by James Murray

The estimated cost of not claiming back Child Benefit payments from parents who have lost a child in the year since the payment was made is not readily available and could only be produced at disproportionate cost.

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