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Child Benefit Statistics 2025

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Published March 23rd, 2026
Detected March 23rd, 2026
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Summary

HM Revenue & Customs has announced the upcoming release of Child Benefit statistics for 2025, detailing families and children claiming benefits by geographical location. The data, to be released on April 23, 2026, will include population counts at various administrative levels across the United Kingdom.

What changed

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced the upcoming release of its annual Child Benefit statistics for 2025, scheduled for publication on April 23, 2026. This release will provide detailed data on the number of families and children claiming Child Benefit as of August 31, 2025, broken down by geographical location within the United Kingdom, including country, English region, local authority, parliamentary constituency, and lower-level output areas.

This is an informational notice regarding the availability of statistical data. There are no new compliance obligations or regulatory changes for businesses or individuals. Compliance officers should note this as a source of demographic and benefit claim information, but no immediate action is required.

Source document (simplified)

Accredited official statistics announcement

Child Benefit Statistics: Annual release including small area statistics 2025

Details of the number of families and children within those families claiming Child Benefit at 31 August 2025 and their geographical location. Includes population counts at country, English region level, local authority and parliamentary constituency (Westminster and Scottish) in the United Kingdom. Annual geographical estimates at Lower Super Output Area, Super Data Zone and Data Zone in the United Kingdom will also be provided.

From: HM Revenue & Customs Published 23 March 2026

Release date: 23 April 2026 9:30am (confirmed)
These statistics will be released on 23 April 2026 9:30am

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Classification

Agency
HMRC
Published
March 23rd, 2026
Instrument
Notice
Legal weight
Non-binding
Stage
Final
Change scope
Minor

Who this affects

Applies to
Consumers Employers
Industry sector
9211 Government & Public Administration
Activity scope
Benefit Administration
Geographic scope
United Kingdom GB

Taxonomy

Primary area
Taxation
Operational domain
Compliance
Topics
Social Security Statistics

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