Child Tax Credit: Data Protection

(asked on 21st June 2017) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's policy is on the disposal of data relating to Support for a child conceived without your consent when the claimant is no longer in receipt of child tax credits.


Answered by
Elizabeth Truss Portrait
Elizabeth Truss
This question was answered on 30th June 2017

In line with their Standard Document Retention Policy, information will be held by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs for up to 7 years after a claim is closed, after which it will be destroyed securely.

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