Child Benefit

Tax-free payment available to parents, can be claimed by one parent per child, the child must be either under 16 or under 20 in education/training. You can claim £21.80/week for your first child and £14.45/week for additional children. If either earner falls into the higher rate of income tax, most/all of the benefit will need to be paid back.

Education/Training:

• A levels, Pre-U, International Baccalaureate
• T levels
• Scottish Highers
• NVQs and other vocational qualifications up to level 3
• Home education – if it started before your child turned 16
• Home education – if your child has special needs
• Traineeships in England
• Foundation Apprenticeships or Traineeships in Wales
• Employability Fund programmes in Scotland
• United Youth Pilot (if started before 1 June 2017)
• PEACE IV Children and Young People 2.1
• Training for Success in Northern Ireland

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