Child Benefit and Universal Credit: Apprentices
Commons · Question 56361 · Tabled 2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Navendu Mishra
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has considered extending eligibility for (a) Child Benefit and (b) the child element of Universal Credit to families of 16 to19 year-olds undertaking apprenticeships, in order to
Answer
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 9 Jun 2025
When a young person becomes an apprentice, they are in work and no longer regarded as a child or qualifying young person for Child Benefit or Universal Credit child element purposes, even though they might still live with their parents or guardians. Educa...