§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what representations he has received from British citizens, temporarily absent from the United Kingdom but liable to pay income tax in the United Kingdom, that their children should remain entitled to child benefit during their absence; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThere have been no recent representations.
People temporarily absent solely because they are in employment outside Great Britain can receive child benefit if at least half their earnings from their employment are liable to United Kingdom income tax.