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or training</a>\n</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Only one person can get Child Benefit for a child.</p>\n\n<p>There’s no limit to how many children you can claim for.</p>\n\n<div role=\"note\" aria-label=\"Information\" class=\"application-notice info-notice\">\n<p>This guide is also available <a href=\"/budd-dal-plant\">in Welsh (Cymraeg)</a>.</p>\n</div>\n\n<p>By claiming Child Benefit, you can get:</p>\n\n<ul>\n <li>an allowance paid to you for each child - you’ll usually get it every 4 weeks</li>\n <li>\n<a href=\"/national-insurance-credits\">National Insurance credits</a> which count towards your <a href=\"/state-pension\">State Pension</a>\n</li>\n <li>a National Insurance number for your child without them having to apply for one - they’ll usually get the number before they turn 16 years old</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>If you choose not to get Child Benefit payments, you should still fill in and send off the claim form to get the other advantages.</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"if-your-circumstances-change\">If your circumstances change</h2>\n\n<p>You must <a href=\"/report-changes-child-benefit\">report any change of circumstances</a> to the Child Benefit Office.</p>\n" } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "What you'll get", "url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20230307202029/https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit/what-youll-get", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20230307202029/https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit/what-youll-get", "text": "<p>There are 2 Child Benefit rates.</p>\n\n<table>\n <thead>\n <tr>\n <th scope=\"col\">Who the allowance is for</th>\n <th scope=\"col\">Rate (weekly)</th>\n </tr>\n </thead>\n <tbody>\n <tr>\n <td>Eldest or only child</td>\n <td>£21.80</td>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <td>Additional children</td>\n <td>£14.45 per child</td>\n </tr>\n </tbody>\n</table>\n\n<p>You must <a href=\"/contact/hm-revenue-customs/child-benefit\">contact the Child Benefit Office</a> if you’re paid too much or too little.</p>\n\n<div role=\"note\" aria-label=\"Information\" class=\"application-notice info-notice\">\n<p>Any Child Benefit payments you get will count towards the <a href=\"/benefit-cap\">benefit cap</a>. If you’re affected by the cap, you’ll still get the full amount for your Child Benefit payments but your other benefits may be reduced.</p>\n</div>\n\n<h2 id=\"how-and-when-child-benefit-is-paid\">How and when Child Benefit is paid</h2>\n\n<p>Child Benefit is usually <a href=\"/child-benefit-payment-dates\">paid every 4 weeks</a> on a Monday or Tuesday.</p>\n\n<div role=\"note\" aria-label=\"Information\" class=\"application-notice info-notice\">\n<p>You can have the money paid weekly if you’re a single parent or getting certain other benefits, such as Universal Credit.</p>\n</div>\n\n<p>You can get the money <a href=\"/how-to-have-your-benefits-paid\">paid into any account</a>, apart from:</p>\n\n<ul>\n <li>a Post Office card account</li>\n <li>a Nationwide cashbuilder account (sort code 07 00 30) in someone else’s name</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>You can only get the money paid into one account.</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"child-benefit-and-protecting-your-state-pension\">Child Benefit and protecting your State Pension</h2>\n\n<p>You’ll get <a href=\"/national-insurance-credits/overview\">National Insurance credits</a> automatically if you claim Child Benefit and your child is under 12.</p>\n\n<p>These credits count towards your State Pension, so you do not have gaps in your National Insurance record if either:</p>\n\n<ul>\n <li>you’re not working</li>\n <li>you do not earn enough to pay National Insurance contributions</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>If you do not need the National Insurance credits, your family may be eligible to get the support instead. Either:</p>\n\n<ul>\n <li>your husband, wife or partner can <a href=\"/government/publications/national-insurance-credits-for-parents-and-carers-cf411a\">apply to transfer the credits</a>\n</li>\n <li>a different family member who provides care for your child can <a href=\"/government/publications/national-insurance-credits-for-adults-who-care-for-a-child-under-12-fact-sheet/specified-adult-childcare-credits-fact-sheet\">apply for Specified Adult Childcare credits</a>\n</li>\n</ul>\n\n<h2 id=\"if-families-split-up\">If families split up</h2>\n\n<p>If a family splits up, you get £21.80 a week for the eldest child.</p>\n\n<p>If you have 2 children and one stays with you and the other stays with your ex-partner, you’ll both get £21.80 a week for each child.</p>\n\n<p>If you both claim for the same child, only one of you will get Child Benefit for them.</p>\n\n<p>If you have other children who are entitled to Child Benefit, you’ll get £14.45 for each child.</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"if-families-join-together\">If families join together</h2>\n\n<p>If 2 families join together, the eldest child in the new family qualifies for the £21.80 rate and any other children who are eligible will get the £14.45 rate.</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"if-you-or-your-partner-earn-over-50000\">If you or your partner earn over £50,000</h2>\n\n<p>If either your or your partner’s ‘adjusted net income’ is over £50,000 a year, you may have to pay the <a href=\"/child-benefit-tax-charge\">High Income Child Benefit Charge</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Your adjusted net income is your total <a href=\"/income-tax\">taxable income</a> before any personal allowances and less things like Gift Aid. Your total taxable income includes interest from savings and dividends.</p>\n\n<p>If you have to pay the charge, you can still get the other advantages of Child Benefit like National Insurance credits. The charge will not be more than the amount you get from the Child Benefit payments.</p>\n\n<div role=\"note\" aria-label=\"Information\" class=\"application-notice info-notice\">\n<p>Work out if your adjusted net income is over £50,000 using the <a href=\"/child-benefit-tax-calculator\">Child Benefit tax calculator</a>. If it is, the calculator will also tell you how much of a charge you’ll have to pay.</p>\n</div>\n\n<p>If both you and your partner have an individual income of over £50,000, then whoever has the higher adjusted net income is responsible for paying the charge.</p>\n\n<p>If either you or your partner has an individual income of £60,000 or over, you’ll be charged the same amount as you make through Child Benefit payments. You’ll end up with no extra money from Child Benefit.</p>\n\n<p>You’ll need to fill in a Self Assessment tax return each tax year to pay the charge.</p>\n\n<p>You can make a claim and <a href=\"/child-benefit-tax-charge/stop-child-benefit\">opt out of getting payments</a> if you do not want to pay the charge. You can still get the other advantages provided by Child Benefit, like National Insurance credits.</p>\n\n" } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Eligibility", "url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20230307202029/https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit/eligibility", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20230307202029/https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit/eligibility", "text": "<p>Only one person can get Child Benefit for a child.</p>\n\n<p>You normally qualify for Child Benefit if you’re responsible for a child under 16 (or under 20 if they stay in approved <a href=\"/child-benefit-16-19\">education or training</a>) and you live in the UK.</p>\n\n<p>You’ll usually be responsible for a child if you live with them or you’re paying at least the same amount as Child Benefit (or the equivalent in kind) towards looking after them, for example on food, clothes or pocket money.</p>\n\n<p>Eligibility rules are different if your child:</p>\n\n<ul>\n <li><a href=\"/child-benefit-for-children-in-hospital-or-care\">goes into hospital or care</a></li>\n <li><a href=\"/child-benefit-child-lives-with-someone-else\">lives with someone else</a></li>\n</ul>\n\n<div role=\"note\" aria-label=\"Information\" class=\"application-notice info-notice\">\n<p>Child Benefit <a href=\"/child-benefit-16-19/child-benefit-extensions\">continues for 20 weeks</a> if 16 or 17 year olds leave education or training and register with the armed services or a government-sponsored careers service.</p>\n</div>\n\n<h2 id=\"fostering-a-child\">Fostering a child</h2>\n\n<p>You’ll get Child Benefit if you foster a child, as long as the local council is not paying anything towards their accommodation or maintenance.</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"adopting-a-child\">Adopting a child</h2>\n\n<p>You can apply for Child Benefit as soon as any child you’re adopting comes to live with you - you do not have to wait until the adoption process is complete.</p>\n\n<p>You might be able to get Child Benefit for a period before the adoption - <a href=\"/contact/hm-revenue-customs/child-benefit\">contact the Child Benefit Office</a> to find out.</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"looking-after-someone-elses-child\">Looking after someone else’s child</h2>\n\n<p>You may be able to get Child Benefit if you’ve got an informal arrangement to look after a friend or relative’s child.</p>\n\n<p>You might not qualify if your local council is paying towards the child’s accommodation or maintenance - <a href=\"/contact/hm-revenue-customs/child-benefit\">contact the Child Benefit Office</a> to find out.</p>\n\n<p>Two people cannot get Child Benefit for the same child. If you and someone else are responsible for the same child, agree between yourselves who will get Child Benefit. If you cannot agree, HM Revenue and Customs (<abbr title=\"HM Revenue and Customs\">HMRC</abbr>) will decide who will get it.</p>\n\n<p>You may also be entitled to <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/guardians-allowance\">Guardian’s Allowance</a> if you’re responsible for a child who has lost one or both of their parents.</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"living-abroad\">Living abroad</h2>\n\n<p>You may be able to get Child Benefit if you <a href=\"/child-benefit-abroad\">go to live in certain countries or if you’re a Crown servant</a>.</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"if-you-have-settled-status-under-the-eu-settlement-scheme\">If you have settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme</h2>\n\n<p>If you have settled status, you can claim Child Benefit.</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"if-you-have-pre-settled-status-under-the-eu-settlement-scheme\">If you have pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme</h2>\n\n<p>You may be able to claim Child Benefit depending on your situation.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"if-youre-working\">If you’re working</h3>\n\n<p>You must be earning above the <a href=\"/government/publications/rates-and-allowances-national-insurance-contributions/rates-and-allowances-national-insurance-contributions\">primary threshold (PT) employees start paying National Insurance</a> for 3 continuous months.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"if-youre-looking-for-work\">If you’re looking for work</h3>\n\n<p>You can continue to claim Child Benefit as a jobseeker for 91 days, unless you get a job offer.</p>\n\n<p>You must have evidence to show that you have a genuine chance of finding work. This could be an invitation to an interview or registration with a job agency.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"if-you-have-sufficient-resources-to-support-yourself-financially\">If you have sufficient resources to support yourself financially</h3>\n\n<p>You can claim child benefit if you have sufficient resources to support yourself financially. This means you do not claim Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, Pension Credit or Universal Credit.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"if-youre-studying\">If you’re studying</h3>\n\n<p>You must have sufficient resources to support yourself financially.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"if-youre-a-family-member-of-an-eea-or-swiss-national-who-has-a-right-to-reside\">If you’re a family member of an <abbr title=\"European Economic Area\">EEA</abbr> or Swiss national who has a right to reside</h3>\n\n<p>You can claim Child Benefit if you are:</p>\n\n<ul>\n <li>their spouse or civil partner</li>\n <li>their child or grandchild who is dependent on them or under 21</li>\n <li>their parent or grandparent who is dependent on them</li>\n</ul>\n\n<h2 id=\"if-you-move-to-the-uk\">If you move to the UK</h2>\n\n<p>Check if you can get <a href=\"/child-benefit-move-to-uk\">Child Benefit if you move to the UK</a> and you have the right to reside.</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"if-your-child-starts-work-or-gets-benefits-in-their-own-right\">If your child starts work or gets benefits in their own right</h2>\n\n<p>You’ll stop getting Child Benefit if your child:</p>\n\n<ul>\n <li>starts paid work for 24 hours or more a week and is no longer in approved <a href=\"/child-benefit-16-19\">education or training</a>\n</li>\n <li>starts an <a href=\"/become-apprentice\">apprenticeship in England</a>\n</li>\n <li>starts getting certain benefits, such as Employment and Support Allowance or Universal Credit</li>\n</ul>\n\n<div role=\"note\" aria-label=\"Information\" class=\"application-notice info-notice\">\n<p><a href=\"/contact/hm-revenue-customs/child-benefit\">Contact the Child Benefit Office</a> if you’re not sure about your eligibility.</p>\n</div>\n\n" } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "How to claim", "url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20230307202029/https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit/how-to-claim", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20230307202029/https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit/how-to-claim", "text": "<p>You can claim Child Benefit as soon as you’ve registered the birth of your child, or they come to live with you.</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"how-long-it-takes\">How long it takes</h2>\n\n<p>It can take up to 16 weeks to process a new Child Benefit claim (or longer if you’re new to the UK). Child Benefit can be backdated for up to 3 months.</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"deciding-who-should-claim\">Deciding who should claim</h2>\n\n<p>Only one person can get Child Benefit for a child, so you need to decide whether it’s better for you or the other parent to claim. The person who claims will get National Insurance credits towards their state pension if they are not working or earn less than £242 per week.</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"make-a-claim-for-the-first-time\">Make a claim for the first time</h2>\n\n<p>Fill in <a href=\"/government/publications/child-benefit-claim-form-ch2\">Child Benefit claim form CH2</a> and send it to the Child Benefit Office. The address is on the form.</p>\n\n<p>If your child is adopted, send their original adoption certificate with the form. You can <a href=\"/order-copy-birth-death-marriage-certificate\">order a new adoption certificate</a> if you’ve lost the original.</p>\n\n<p>If you do not have the adoption certificate you need, send your claim form now and send the certificate once you’ve got it.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"if-your-childs-birth-was-registered-outside-the-uk\">If your child’s birth was registered outside the UK</h3>\n\n<p>When you send your claim form, include your child’s:</p>\n\n<ul>\n <li>original birth certificate</li>\n <li>passport or travel document used to enter the UK</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>If you’ve lost the original you can <a href=\"/order-copy-birth-death-marriage-certificate\">order a new birth certificate</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Your child’s documents will usually be returned within 4 weeks.</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"add-a-child-to-an-existing-claim\">Add a child to an existing claim</h2>\n\n<p>Call the Child Benefit helpline if all of the following apply:</p>\n\n<ul>\n <li>your child is under 6 months old and lives with you</li>\n <li>your child was born in the UK</li>\n <li>your child’s birth was registered in England, Scotland or Wales more than 48 hours ago</li>\n <li>you’re a UK or Irish national and you’ve lived in the UK since the start of your claim</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>When you call, you’ll need your:</p>\n\n<ul>\n <li>National Insurance number</li>\n <li>child’s birth certificate</li>\n</ul>\n\n<div class=\"contact\">\n<p>Child Benefit helpline<br>\nTelephone: 0300 200 3100<br>\nWelsh language: 0300 200 1900<br>\nTextphone: 0300 200 3103<br>\nOutside UK: +44 161 210 3086<br>\nMonday to Friday, 8am to 6pm<br>\n<a href=\"/call-charges\">Find out about call charges</a></p>\n</div>\n\n<div role=\"note\" aria-label=\"Information\" class=\"application-notice info-notice\">\n<p>If you’ve already applied to have a child added to your claim but you have not heard back, you can <a href=\"/guidance/check-when-you-can-expect-a-reply-from-hmrc\">check when you should get a reply</a>.</p>\n</div>\n\n<h3 id=\"if-you-do-not-meet-the-criteria-to-add-a-child-by-phone\">If you do not meet the criteria to add a child by phone</h3>\n\n<p>You’ll need to make a new claim by post. Fill in <a href=\"/government/publications/child-benefit-claim-form-ch2\">Child Benefit form CH2</a> and send it to the Child Benefit Office. The address is on the form.</p>\n\n<p>If you’re claiming for more than 2 children, also include the <a href=\"/government/publications/child-benefit-claim-form-ch2\">‘additional children’ form</a>.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"if-you-registered-the-birth-in-northern-ireland\">If you registered the birth in Northern Ireland</h3>\n\n<p>You’ll need to send the birth certificate by post when you have it.</p>\n\n<div class=\"contact\">\n<p>HM Revenue and Customs - Child Benefit Office<br>\nPO Box 1<br>\nNewcastle Upon Tyne<br>\nNE88 1AA<br>\nUnited Kingdom</p>\n</div>\n\n<h2 id=\"claiming-child-benefit-for-someone-else\">Claiming Child Benefit for someone else</h2>\n\n<p>You may be able to <a href=\"/claim-child-benefit-behalf-someone-else\">manage someone else’s Child Benefit claim</a>.</p>\n" } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Make a change to your claim", "url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20230307202029/https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit/make-a-change-to-your-claim", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20230307202029/https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit/make-a-change-to-your-claim", "text": "<p>You must report any <a href=\"/report-changes-child-benefit\">change of circumstances</a> to the Child Benefit Office. These include changes to your:</p>\n\n<ul>\n <li>family life, for example getting married</li>\n <li>child’s life, for example leaving education or training</li>\n</ul>\n\n<h2 id=\"change-who-gets-child-benefit\">Change who gets Child Benefit</h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"/contact/hm-revenue-customs/child-benefit\">Contact the Child Benefit Office</a> if you want someone else to claim Child Benefit, for example, your spouse or partner.</p>\n\n<p>After you’ve done this, tell the other person to make a new claim.</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"opt-out-or-restart-payments\">Opt out or restart payments</h2>\n\n<p>You can make a claim and choose to <a href=\"/child-benefit-tax-charge/stop-child-benefit\">opt out of getting Child Benefit payments</a> at any time. For example, you might opt out because your annual income is over £50,000 and you do not want to pay the <a href=\"/child-benefit-tax-charge\">High Income Child Benefit Charge</a>.</p>\n\n<p>You’ll still get the other advantages from Child Benefit, like National Insurance credits.</p>\n\n<p>You can restart your Child Benefit payment at any time.</p>\n" } }, { "@type": "Question", "name": "Get help with your claim", "url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20230307202029/https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit/get-help-with-your-claim", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20230307202029/https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit/get-help-with-your-claim", "text": "<p><a href=\"/contact/hm-revenue-customs/child-benefit\">Contact the Child Benefit Office</a> if you have any questions.</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"if-you-disagree-with-a-decision\">If you disagree with a decision</h2>\n\n<p>You can <a href=\"/mandatory-reconsideration\">challenge a decision</a> about your claim. This is called asking for mandatory reconsideration.</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"make-a-complaint\">Make a complaint</h2>\n\n<p>You can <a href=\"/child-benefit-complaints\">complain to the Child Benefit Office</a> if you’re unhappy with the way you’ve been treated.</p>\n\n" } } ] } </script> </body> </html>

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