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Written question asked by Philip Hollobone (Conservative) on Wednesday, 19 June 2013, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 24 June 2013. It was answered by Sajid Javid (Conservative) on Monday, 24 June 2013 on behalf of the Treasury.

Child Benefit

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent in total on child benefit for families with (a) one, (b) two and (c) three or more children in the last year for which figures are available.

[161373]

Answer

Estimates of the amount of child benefit paid in respect of one child, two child and three or more child families are shown in the following table for each of the last three fiscal years.

The exact amount spent on these families will not be strictly equal to this, as this calculation assumes all families have exactly the same circumstances throughout the year, which in reality will not be the case for all. For this reason estimates have been rounded to the nearest £100 million.

One child
 Two children
 Three or more children
 Total
2012-13
 5.8
 4.5
 1.9
 12.2
2011-12
 5.7
 4.5
 1.9
 12.2
2010-11
 5.7
 4.6
 1.9
 12.2
Note:
Numbers presented are in billions and may not sum due to rounding.

These estimates are derived by taking the proportion of one, two and three+ child families from the August publication in each year and applying these proportions to the final expenditure figure for that fiscal year.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
161373; 565 c82W
Session
2013-14
Subjects
Child benefit
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk