Child Benefit - how much a year?

PM2B

We always receive Child Benefit of £84.60 per month for one child. As the payment is supposed to be £21.15 per week , this means that the calculation is 4 x £21.15 = £84.60. This is £1015.20 (or 48 x £21.15) per year. Is this correct and what we should be getting, given that there are 52 weeks in the year? This would be 52 x £21.15 =  £1099.80. That is exactly one month less than what we get now. I only was made aware of this possiblity when someone outside the family mentioned it. Thanks

[Deleted User]

Child benefit is paid every 4 weeks so you will receive 13 payments a year.

anmarj

At some point during the year, there will be one month where you get two payments 

Penguin_

anmarj said:

At some point during the year, there will be one month where you get two payments 

For me thats next month as I get it on the 1st March then again on the 29th.

TBagpuss

as others have said, Child Benefit is paid 4 weekly, not monthly. Check through your last 12 months bank statements and you will find you've had 13 payments in total.