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Written question asked by Lord Hammond of Runnymede (Conservative) on Thursday, 16 July 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 21 July 2009. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Tuesday, 21 July 2009 on behalf of the Treasury.

Child Benefit

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many nationals of each A8 country were receiving child benefit for a child or children living in another EEA member state at the end of June 2009; and in respect of how many such children child benefit was being paid on that date.
Answer

Around 7.5 million families are currently claiming child benefit for around 13 million children. Out of that total, at the end of June 2009, there were 25:494 ongoing child benefit awards to A8 nationals recorded as receiving child benefit for 41,740 children living in another EEA member state. These awards are made by virtue of EC social security co-ordinating regulations which the UK has administered since it joined the European Economic Community in 1973.The estimated breakdown by nationality is as follows.

Country Number of awards at 30 June 2009 Number of children included in awards
Czech Republic 158 267
Estonia 16 28
Hungary 69 112
Latvia 252 330
Lithuania 721 1057
Poland 22,805 37,433
Slovakia 1,470 2,508
Slovenia 3 5
Total 25,494 41,740

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
496 c1342W; 288616
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Child benefit
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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