This bill allows parents to receive higher child benefit payments during a child's early years and lower payments when older, with the total amount over childhood remaining 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: Committee stage
Sponsored by: Lord Farmer
Introduced: 2022-05-19