Written question asked by Gareth Thomas (Labour) on Friday, 27 November 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 1 December 2020. It was answered by Jesse Norman (Conservative) on Monday, 7 December 2020 on behalf of the Treasury.
Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit: Overpayments
- Question
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims of (a) Working Tax Credit and (b) Child Tax Credit have received a sanction or other financial penalty after incurring an overpayment in (i) total and (ii) as a percentage of total claims in each of the last five years.
- Answer
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HMRC do not impose sanctions but do charge penalties. HMRC are unable to break down the figures to Working Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit, as a case may involve both.
Year
Number of Penalties
Live Claims
(millions)
Percentage
2014/15
14,335
4.7
0.30%
2015/16
16,266
4.4
0.37%
2016/17
13,135
3.7
0.36%
2017/18
11,524
3.8
0.30%
2018/19
11,793
3.1
0.38%
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 121794
- Session
- 2019-21
- Subjects
- Child tax credit Disqualification Overpayments Working tax credit
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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- 2020-12-07 16:11:34 +0000
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