Asked by: Jake Richards (Labour - Rother Valley)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse would be to not claim back child benefit from parents who have lost a child in the year after the upfront payment.
Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
I refer the hon member to the answer given on 24 January to UIN 25010 regarding estimated costs of not claiming back Child Benefit overpayments.
Asked by: Jake Richards (Labour - Rother Valley)
Question to the HM Treasury:
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 - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
I refer the hon member to the answer given on 23 January to UIN 25009 regarding the policy on Child Benefit overpayments.