To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Poland on the adequacy of the number of staff in place in Poland to check the validity of applications for child benefit made in the UK by Polish migrant workers. (179186)

HMRC works closely with all its European partners, including Poland, to ensure that the well established processes required under the EC social security co-ordination rules, for exchanging information and verification of circumstances, work well.