This bill would let parents receive higher child benefit payments when children are younger and lower payments when they're older, keeping total lifetime payments the same.
A Bill to amend the Child Benefit (Rates) Regulations 2006 to make provision to vary the rate of child benefit over the course of childhood to enable eligible parents to receive a higher rate during a child’s early years and a correspondingly reduced rate when that child is older
Status: In Progress
Current House: Lords
Stage: 1st reading
Sponsored by: Lord Farmer
Introduced: 2021-06-16