Child benefit payment delays: exact amount you can claim back after half a million parents left out of pocket

HALF a million child benefit claimants remain unpaid after an IT fault plagued HMRC’s systems on Monday.

This issue has now been rectified, but around 500,000 parents who rely on this cash will have to wait until Wednesday to be paid.

But affected households can now make a claim for compensation if they’ve been left out of pocket.

Thousands of parents have since taken to social media to air their frustrations about not receiving the cash.