Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 56361

Child Benefit and Universal Credit: Apprentices

Tabled: 2 June 2025

Answered: 9 June 2025

Question

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

Sir Stephen Timms

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...

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