Question follow-through · 92166
Child Benefit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Education on reforming Child Benefit rules to better support children experiencing mental-health crises wh
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 18 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 26 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
18 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Education on reforming Child Benefit rules to better support children experiencing mental-health crises wh
20 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Nov 2025
Answer published
Child Benefit remains in payment until 31 August following a child’s 16th birthday. This applies without any conditions on education, so there is no impact on children of this age if they are unable to attend school for any reason.For young people who are...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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