Child Benefit
(asked on 13th March 2018) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the percentage change in Child Benefit for (1) the first child, and (2) each subsequent child, between (a) 1987 and 1991, (b) 1992 and 1997, (c) 1998 and 2003, and (d) 2004 and 2009.
The table below shows the percentage changes in Child Benefit rates for the first child and each subsequent child between, (a) 1987 and 1991, (b) 1992 and 1997, (c) 1998 and 2003, and (d) 2004 and 2009, below.
Date | First Child | Subsequent Children | |
Couple | Lone Parent | ||
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1987-1991 | 13.8% | 15.9% | 0.0% |
1992-1997 | 14.5% | 10.3% | 15.4% |
1998-2003 | 40.2% | 2.6% | 15.6% |
2004-2009a | 21.2% | 14.0% | 19.5% |
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The rates compared in each year correspond to on or around the 6th of April. | |||
aOn 06/07/98, the separate rate for lone parents was abolished for new claimants, who now receive the same rate as couples. The rates shown after this date, therefore, applied to existing claimants only. Therefore, the differentiated rates for couples and lone parents in 2004 have been compared against the singular rate for the claimant's first child seen in 2009. | |||