Treasury written question – answered at on 14 June 2011.
Guto Bebb
Conservative, Aberconwy
To ask the Chancellor of the exchequer how many recipients of child benefit were resident in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland in the latest period for which figures are available.
David Gauke
The Exchequer Secretary
The latest information on the number of families receiving child benefit, by each parliamentary Constituency, local authority and region is available in the HMRC snapshot publication “Child Benefit Statistics Geographical Analysis August 2010”. This can be found at:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/child_benefit/chb-geog-aug10.pdf
As of August 2010, these are the figures for the number of families in receipt of child benefit:
| Number | |
| England | 6,562,705 |
| Wales | 372,985 |
| Scotland | 621,615 |
| Northern Ireland | 240,985 |
Additionally, these are the figures for the number of children for which child benefit is claimed for each of these regions:
| Number | |
| England | 11,495,395 |
| Wales | 642,965 |
| Scotland | 1,031,795 |
| Northern Ireland | 443,110 |
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