Written question asked by David Chaytor (Labour) on Wednesday, 25 November 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 9 December 2009. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Tuesday, 5 January 2010 on behalf of the Treasury.

Child Benefit

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many claims for child benefit have been made in each of the last three years.

Answer

[holding answer 9 December 2009]: The information requested is provided in the following table.

	Child benefit claims (Thousand)
2006-07	928
2007-08	972
2008-09	978
¹ New claims, claims for an additional child, or a claim for transfer of entitlement.

These figures do not include child benefit claims already in payment.

Secondary information