Child Benefit
(asked on 17th January 2022) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many taxpayers had opted out of receiving the Child Benefit payment as of August 2021.
This question was answered on 24th January 2022
The number of taxpayers that have opted out of receiving Child Benefit at August 2021 is not currently available.
As of August 2020, 623,900 families in the United Kingdom had opted out of receiving Child Benefit. This number is published in official statistics release, ‘Child Benefit Statistics: Annual Release, August 2020’ within Table 9 of the Main Tables found here:
Child Benefit Statistics: Annual Release, August 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)