Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to Question 3635 on High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge on what evidential basis his Department determined that raising the threshold would come at a significant cost to the Government.

Data on the tax revenue raised by the High Income Child Benefit Charge in each financial year is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-benefit-statistics-annual-release-august-2022/child-benefit-statistics-annual-release-data-at-august-2022#hicbc