Child Benefit Claim Data for England and Wales, 1999-2006

1999 to 2006 administrative records of Child Benefit claims from HM Revenue and Customs, published by the Office for National Statistics. The data covers families and children in England and Wales and is aggregated across multiple geographic levels. It is sourced from UK government administrative systems.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional uptake of welfare benefits based on geographic coverage across LSOA, MSOA, and Local Authority Districts.
• Model temporal trends in family support claims based on the 1999-2006 time coverage.
• Study administrative data quality and coverage for social program evaluation based on the source being HM Revenue and Customs.

Strengths

• Data spans 8 years from 1999 to 2006, providing a multi-year time series.
• Geographic coverage includes England and Wales with data aggregated at 7 different administrative levels.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Last updated 2026-07-08 13:30:58.601669; freshness should be verified as the underlying data is historical.

Provenance

Source

HM Revenue and Customs, published by the Office for National Statistics via Neighbourhood Statistics.

Collection Method

Administrative data

Time Range

1999 to 2006

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:30:58.601669; the underlying data is historical (1999-2006).

Geography

England and Wales