Dear A Smith,

Thank you for your enquiry of 24 October in which you have requested details of all backdated Child Benefit claims made to HSMP participants by the Home Office and all correspondence between the Home Office and HMRC relating to Child Benefits for HSMP participants.

We have received 4 compensation claims which include elements of Child Benefit totalling £4,144.00. No payments have been made to date. There has been no correspondence between the Home Office and HMRC relating to Child Benefits for HSMP participants hence no information is held.

I hope this is of help to you. If you are dissatisfied with this response you may request an independent internal review of our handling of your request.  Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the UK Border Agency sending a substantive reply to your original request and should be addressed to:

Information Access Policy Team

(Freedom of Information Team)

11^th floor (short corridor)

Lunar House

40 Wellesley Road

Croydon

CR9 2BY

The figures quoted are not provided under National Statistics protocols and have been derived from local management information. The figures are therefore provisional and subject to change.

I hope this is of help to you.

Yours sincerely,

Sandra Birkinshaw

Freedom of Information Team

North East, Yorkshire and the Humber Region

UK Border Agency