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How much is child benefit?
Child benefit is worth £18.10 every week for a first-born child.
For each subsequent child, there is an additional weekly payment of £12.10 The money is not taxed.
Who can receive it?
It is available for every child in the UK below the age of 16, child benefit is paid to the parent directly responsible for care of the youngster.
You may get Child Benefit if you pay towards bringing up a child who does not live with you – if no one else is claiming the benefit for them.
Those in full-time education remain eligible until the age of 19, but the cut-off point for children registered for work or training is 18.
How many parents claim it?
Child benefit is taken up by nearly 100% of the eligible population.
Which department administers the benefit?
HM Revenue & Customs is responsible for the administration of child benefit; previously it was overseen by the Department for Work and Pensions.
Can it count against other benefits?
If you have a low income you may be entitled to means-tested benefits which could top up your income.
But child benefit can count against entitlement to these benefits, as it is taken into account when calculating income support, housing benefit and other financial assistance.
Whose idea was that?
After World War II, bringing up several children was encouraged to restore the birth rate.
And in 1945 the Family Allowance was introduced provide benefit for second and subsequent children.
What about the first-borns?
In 1975, then Labour social affairs secretary Barbara Castle put forward the Child Benefit Act proposing additional benefit for the first child.
And between 1977 and 1979, child benefit replaced the Family Allowance and Child Tax Allowance.
Where can I get further information?
Contact the Child Benefit Office enquiry line (Great Britain residents), telephone: 0845 302 1444/ Textphone: 0845 302 1474.
Northern Ireland residents, telephone: 028 9054 9000.
The Revenue website has more information on eligibility.
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Its not SHOE benefit. Its child benefit. 8)
@waspish wrote:
child benefit isnt a social security benefit.I was told it was set up after the war to make sure every child in the nation always had enough money for shoes.. or so an old soldier told me when i was nursing.
This was the earlier quote i was refering to ^^^^^
After World War II, bringing up several children was encouraged to restore the birth rate.
Well seeing as the country is well on its way to being vastly over populated, I think child benefit should now be withdrawn to counteract the very reason it was initiated! We should be discouraging people from breeding, not bloody encouraging it!!!
And still you’re missing my point Shazza, if people earn their own money, and CHOOSE to get themselves up the duff, why should they be given free cash hand outs??[/i]
@~Pebbles~ wrote:
@waspish wrote:
child benefit isnt a social security benefit.I was told it was set up after the war to make sure every child in the nation always had enough money for shoes.. or so an old soldier told me when i was nursing.
This was the earlier quote i was refering to ^^^^^
After World War II, bringing up several children was encouraged to restore the birth rate.
Well seeing as the country is well on its way to being vastly over populated, I think child benefit should now be withdrawn to counteract the very reason it was initiated! We should be discouraging people from breeding, not bloody encouraging it!!!
And still you’re missing my point Shazza, if people earn their own money, and CHOOSE to get themselves up the duff, why should they be given free cash hand outs??[/i]
Perhaps you should ask your mum how she will fair in a few years when she stops receiving your child benefit :wink:
Actually I think that you’re both wrong in your facts concerning the origin of Child Benefit.
As I remember it, there was a thing called ”Married Man’s Tax Allowance” which was paid to all MALES when they got married.
It was introduced by a Conservative government and subsequently I think it was a Labour government that scrapped it around the late 1970’s.
They replaced it with a child allowance (Child Benefit as it is now called) that was paid to all MOTHERS of children and was on a rising scale depending on how many children the mother had – irrespective of whether she was married or not or how many fathers there were.
What are the views on single fathers?
Oh and did someone mention that the country was in danger of becoming over populated?
That is because people are living longer and not because people are having too many children, single parents or not!!
Some countries encourage people to have children…unlike JC!! Probably they recognise that the next generation will pay the taxes to support the increase in the ageing population.
@wilma wrote:
What are the views on single fathers?
They’re a bunch of people who ponce about in super hero costumes arent they?
@~Pebbles~ wrote:
@wilma wrote:
What are the views on single fathers?
They’re a bunch of people who ponce about in super hero costumes arent they?
Single fathers are like single mothers except that they have ”dangly bits” and no tits.
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