Chapter 2: Child benefit
This chapter covers:
1. What is child benefit (below)
2. Who is eligible (
here)
3. Amount of benefit (
here)
4. Claiming child benefit (
here)
5. Challenging a decision (
here)
6. Other benefits and tax credits (
here)
Basic facts
– Child benefit is paid to people who are responsible for a child or a ‘qualifying young person’.
– Both full-time and part-time students can claim child benefit.
– If you are under 20, someone else may be able to claim child benefit for you if you are studying.
– Child benefit is not means tested.