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SearchChild Benefit (CB) is a payment that you can claim for your child. It is usually paid every 4 weeks but in some cases can be paid weekly. The payment can be claimed by anyone who qualifies.
These tables include:
As of January 2013, claimants may be liable to a tax charge called the ‘High Income Child Benefit charge’ (HICBC). Being liable for this charge does not affect a child’s entitlement but any CB recipient is liable to repay some or all of their CB back if they or their partner has an individual income of more than £50,000 per year.
For every additional £100 over the £50,000 threshold that an individual earns, the tax charge due increases by 1%. This means that any recipient whose income (or partner’s income) is over £60,000 will be liable to repay their entire CB entitlement. Alternatively, claimants affected by the HICBC charge have the option to opt-out of receiving CB, thereby ceasing their payments.
CB is paid to those responsible for children (aged under 16) or qualifying young people. The latter includes:
You can also claim CB for a child even if you’re not their parent, but you have to be responsible for them to qualify. Awards are also subject to residence criteria being satisfied. There are 2 separate amounts, with a higher amount for your eldest (or only) child and a lower amount for each of your other children.
The statistics are as close to real-time as possible and represent the complete picture as at the 31st August, including back-dated awards pertaining to new-births.
The figures have been independently rounded to the nearest 5. This can lead to components as shown not summing to totals as shown.
Frequency: Calendar Year
Reference links:
Last Update |
Created 5 years ago, updated a year ago
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Licence | UK Open Government Licence (OGL v3) |
Update Frequency | Annually |
Next Update Due | 31st March 2020 |
Type of information | Data summary |
Contact | Surrey-i Helpdesk |