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Child Benefit - child benefit rates, eligibility, how to claim, child benefit claim form CH2.

• How it works

  You get Child Benefit if you’re responsible for bringing up a child who…

• What you'll get

  There are 2 Child Benefit rates. Who the allowance is for Rate (weekly)…

• Eligibility

  Only one person can get Child Benefit for a child. You normally qualify…

• Make a claim

  You can claim Child Benefit 48 hours after you’ve registered the birth of…

• Make a change to your claim

  You must report any change of circumstances to the Child Benefit Office.…

• Get help with your claim

  Contact the Child Benefit Office if you have any questions. If you…

There is a limit on the total amount of benefit that most people aged 16 to under State Pension age can get - benefits affected, benefit cap amount.

• Benefits affected by the cap

  The benefit cap is a limit on the total amount of benefit you can get. It…

• When you're not affected

  You’re not affected by the cap if you’re over State Pension age. If you’re…

• When the benefit cap affects your Universal Credit payments

  The benefit cap might not affect your Universal Credit payments for up to…

• Help if you're affected by the benefit cap

  Contact the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) if you’re affected by…

• Benefit cap amounts

  The amount you get through the benefit cap depends on whether: you live…

Find out what benefits and financial support you may be able to get.

What happens if you’re suspected of benefit fraud - benefits that can and cannot be stopped if you commit fraud

Universal Credit is replacing 6 other benefits with a single monthly payment if you're out of work or on a low income - eligibility, how to prepare.

How to use a cost benefit analysis to evaluate your digital health product.

• Updated: 9 November 2020

Find out how to value company benefits for your employees.

• Updated: 30 December 2019

Find out about non-cash benefits in connection with termination of employment or from employer-financed retirement benefits scheme

• Updated: 30 December 2019

Use this service if you need to repay debt to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

• Updated: 8 January 2023

Includes eligibility, appeals, tax credits and Universal Credit

• Updated: 16 May 2018

Housing Benefit or Local Housing Allowance (LHA) - rates, eligibility, claim form, calculator, appeals, 'Discretionary Housing Payment'.

Appeal to the independent Social Security and Child Support tribunal about a benefit decision: what happens at the hearing, getting a decision, if you do not agree

Find out about the legal background to expenses payments and benefits received by directors and employees.

• Updated: 30 December 2019

If you're an employer and provide expenses or benefits to employees or directors, you might need to tell HMRC and pay tax and National Insurance on them

How benefits, charges and payments for judicial pension schemes of Chapter 2 members are affected by the public service pensions remedy (also known as McCloud).

• Updated: 5 October 2023

Debts you owe (for example court fines, rent or Council Tax) can be deducted from your benefits – sometimes called third party deductions or Fuel Direct

Reasons why your benefit payments could change, report changes in your circumstances while claiming benefits

'Defined contribution' and 'defined benefit' pension schemes - what they are and what you'll get from them