Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money the Government has recouped from child benefit claimants due to overpayment as a result of the High-Income Child Benefit Charge in each of the last three years.

The High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) is a tax charge which applies to anyone with an adjusted net income of over £50,000 who receives Child Benefit, or whose partner receives it. HICBC is calculated on an individual rather than a household basis, in line with other income tax policy. The charge increases gradually for those with incomes between £50,000 and £60,000 and is equal to one per cent of a family’s Child Benefit for every extra £100 of income that is over £50,000 each year. Where income exceeds £60,000, the tax charge is equal to the amount payable in Child Benefit.

The total value of HICBC revenue in relation to the year of liability is published on gov.uk at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-income-child-benefit-charge-data/high-income-child-benefit-charge.

The figures for the last three years for which data is available are shown in the table below.