Inquiry launched into HMRC anti-fraud scheme that wrongly cut child benefits
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The National Audit Office (NAO) has launched an inquiry into an HMRC anti-fraud scheme that wrongly cut child benefit payments to thousands of families in the UK. The scheme, implemented between July and October of last year, used flawed Home Office travel data to identify parents suspected of living abroad while claiming benefits. HMRC suspended payments for 23,794 families based on travel records that often failed to record return journeys. As of December 31st, over 17,000 of those families were found to be legitimate claimants, while a small percentage were claiming incorrectly, with thousands of cases still unresolved. The NAO investigation will examine the strategy, governance, and implementation of the scheme, focusing on how HMRC managed risks in deploying the data-driven system.
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