Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been required to pay the High Income Child Benefit Charge since it was introduced.

The Government introduced the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) from January 2013 in order to ensure that support is targeted at those who most need it. It applies to anyone with an individual income over £50,000, who receives Child Benefit or whose partner receives it. The charge increases gradually for taxpayers with incomes between £50,000 and £60,000.

The numbers of those with a High Income Child Benefit Charge liability in each year are published at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-income-child-benefit-charge-data/high-income-child-benefit-charge.

A cumulative total of the number of those paying the charge since it was introduced could only be made available at disproportionate cost.