Child Benefit
Make a change to your claim
You must report any change of circumstances to the Child Benefit Office. These include changes to your:
- family life, for example getting married
- child’s life, for example leaving education or training
Change who gets Child Benefit
Contact the Child Benefit Office if you want someone else to claim Child Benefit, for example, your spouse or partner.
After you’ve done this, tell the other person to make a new claim.
Opt out or restart payments
You can make a claim and choose to opt out of getting Child Benefit payments at any time. For example, you might opt out because your annual income is over £60,000 and you do not want to pay the High Income Child Benefit Charge.
You’ll still get the other advantages from Child Benefit, like National Insurance credits.
You can restart your Child Benefit payment at any time.