Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was of starting payment vouchers for child trust funds between 1 September 2002 and 2 January 2011.

Details of the value of Child Trust Fund vouchers issued to children born between 1 September 2002 and 2 January 2011 can be found at Table 2 of HM Revenue and Customs’ Child Trust Fund Statistical Report: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/255886/statistical-report.pdf

A breakdown of the annual cost of Child Trust Fund government payments is provided at Table 6 of the same document.

The Statistical Report shows that there were approximately 6.1m Child Trust Fund accounts at 5 April 2012.