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Child Benefit

Asked by Jake RichardsLabourTreasuryTabled Answered 30 January 2025UIN 26120

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her Department's policy is on claiming back child benefit from parents who have lost a child in the year after the upfront payment.

Answered by James Murray

I refer the hon member to the answer given on 23 January to UIN 25009 regarding the policy on Child Benefit overpayments.

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