Treasury written question – answered at on 9 November 2012.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families are claiming child benefit for more than two children in (a) England, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales.
This information is published in the HMRC publication ‘Child Benefit Statistics Geographical Analysis’, which can be accessed at:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/child_benefit/chb-geog-aug11.pdf
The latest available data are for August 2011.
The number of families claiming child benefit for more than two children, broken down by country, can be found on pages 16-21 of this publication, but for ease has also been reproduced in the following table.
Number of families containing a certain number of children by country of the UK | |||
Thousand | |||
Three children | Four children | Five or more children | |
England | 758.7 | 202.0 | 74.9 |
Northern Ireland | 35.5 | 10.1 | 3.1 |
Scotland | 62.1 | 13.5 | 3.6 |
Wales | 42.0 | 10.4 | 3.5 |
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