can i get child benefit paid weekly?

sohurtandlost

Can i get it weekly? Due maternity leave soon and i feel it will be easier weekly or do i need ti be on benefits?

Tia

shaysdad

simple answer is yes ofcourse you can , contact the hmrc

whamfanuk

i ave always had mine weekly

missmontana

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/childbenefit/index.htm


yes you can, you can contact them online..:D

mum24boys

When i asked to have mine weekly they said no as i did not fulfil the criteria. You have to be in receipt of certain benefits such as IS, JSA or ESA to be paid weekly. If your employed then usually its 4 weekly. I asked last year i don't know if its changed since then.

MsShorty

You can only get your Child Benefit paid weekly, if you meet the criteria, as contained in this link.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/ChildBenefitandChildTrustFund/Childbenefits/Gettingstarted/ChildBenefitandwhoqualifies/DG_073770

Hope this helps

katiejones

Does mine still get paid weekly because i USED to fulfill the criteria. Its not changed at all since my circumstances did over 5 years ago. xx

mum24boys

katiejones wrote: »

Does mine still get paid weekly because i USED to fulfill the criteria. Its not changed at all since my circumstances did over 5 years ago. xx

I think so. Once you are being paid weekly you can keep being paid weekly. If you rang them up and wanted monthly they would say yes but then if you changed your mind again they would say no. Does that make sense.

whamfanuk

I have never been on any benefits and my husband works full time and since the birth of our oldest 13 years ago we have always recieved payments weekly

mum2one

it did use to be weekly then they changed the system to 4 weekly, for new claimaints you have to meet certain criteria for it to be paid weekly.

no-oneknowsme

whamfanuk wrote: »

I have never been on any benefits and my husband works full time and since the birth of our oldest 13 years ago we have always recieved payments weekly

Same here, my kids are aged between 12 + 17 and I have always been paid child benefit weekly.