Child Benefit someone gets for you

Last updated December 2002

What is it?
Can someone get it for me?
What else should I know?
More information
Other help

This benefit is dealt with by Jobcentre Plus.

What is it?

• Paid to people bringing up a child or children

Can someone get it for me?

Are you:

• aged under 16 and under 19?
• studying full-time up to GCSE A level, Advanced Vocational Certificate of Education (AVCE) or equivalent?

If YES to both, Child Benefit may continue to be paid for you.

What else should I know?

If you have recently come from abroad or returned from abroad, there are some extra rules.

Your studies must be supervised for more than 12 hours a week at a school or college.

If the person getting Child Benefit for you gets extra money for you on other benefits, this may continue.

Child Benefit may also continue for a limited time if you have registered at your Careers Office to find training or work and have not yet been placed.

To see if Child Benefit can continue, the person who gets it for you should contact the Child Benefit Centre, giving their Child Benefit reference number.

You can get general information about Child Benefit on www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk.

More information

To get more information or leaflets, get in touch with your Jobcentre Plus office or social security office. Find your local office on this site or look for Jobcentre Plus or Benefits Agency display advert in the business numbers section of the phone book.

Other help

Jobseeker's Allowance
Income Support
Severe Disablement Allowance
Housing Benefit
Council Tax Benefit

Remember that this website is only a general guide to benefits and schemes and is not a full and authoritative statement of the law. We have made every effort to ensure that the information on this website is correct at the date shown at the top of this page. However, changes in the law may make the website become gradually less accurate.