Child Benefit

Leaflets CH1 CH7 and CH11

Child benefit is paid to your parents whatever their income. Your parents can continue to get Child Benefit until you are 19 providing you are in full-time education up to A level standard. Child Benefit normally stops shortly after you leave school / college but if you register at your local Connexions shop for training the period for which Child Benefit is paid can be extended. If you leave school during the summer your parents can continue to claim for you until the end of the calendar year. If you leave at Christmas or Easter they can claim for a further 12 weeks.

After this you may qualify for a Bridging Allowance.

Your parents will stop getting child benefit for you when:

• You start full-time work.
• You reach age 19.
• You start an advanced course e.g. above -??A' level.
• You leave home.
• You go on Youth Training.
• You marry someone not in full-time education.
• You claim benefit in your own right.