Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit: Overpayments
(asked on 27th November 2020) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims of (a) Working Tax Credit and (b) Child Tax Credit have received a sanction or other financial penalty after incurring an overpayment in (i) total and (ii) as a percentage of total claims in each of the last five years.
This question was answered on 7th December 2020
HMRC do not impose sanctions but do charge penalties. HMRC are unable to break down the figures to Working Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit, as a case may involve both.
Year | Number of Penalties | Live Claims (millions) | Percentage |
2014/15 | 14,335 | 4.7 | 0.30% |
2015/16 | 16,266 | 4.4 | 0.37% |
2016/17 | 13,135 | 3.7 | 0.36% |
2017/18 | 11,524 | 3.8 | 0.30% |
2018/19 | 11,793 | 3.1 | 0.38% |