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High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyTreasuryTabled Answered 28 January 2026UIN 106990

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people paid the Higher Income Child Benefit Charge in (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

Statistics on the number of people paying the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) are published each year as part of the Child Benefit Statistics annual release. The latest figures are available here:

Child Benefit Statistics: annual release, August 2024 - GOV.UK

The next release is due to be published this Spring. Figures are produced with a time lag due to Self-Assessment deadlines.

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