Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in Northern Ireland have been affected by the ending of the family element of child tax credit as a result of having no children on their claim who were born before 6 April 2017; and what estimate he has made of the amount of money to which those households have not been entitled for the tax year 2019-20.

I refer the honourable member to my reply of 14 September 2020 (question 87710).

An estimate of the total entitlement foregone as a result of the changes on 6 April 2017 is not available for 2019-20 until tax credits finalised awards data for that year have been processed, which is expected to be completed by summer 2021.