Child benefit is a payment to help you with the cost of caring for a child. You can get child benefit until your child reaches the age of 18. Child benefit is always paid after the end of the quarter concerned.​

Which children can you get child benefit for?

You can get child benefit for:

• your own child
• your partner’s or your ex-partner’s child
• a foster child
• a child you care for as if it was your own child

As a child gets older, the amount of child benefit changes twice. There is also a change in the rules. 
See for more information the brief explanation on the SVB website.