Child Benefit

Child Benefit is a non-means-tested payment for people responsible for raising a child under 16 (or under 20 if in approved education or training). The weekly rate is £25.60 for the eldest child and £16.95 for additional children (2025/26). Families where an individual earns over £60,000 a year must repay some or all of the benefit through the High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge.