Report a change of circumstances online for Child Benefit

You can report a number of changes online that may affect your Child Benefit. You need to report each change separately.

Information to get together before you start
Security of your information
You don't have a National Insurance number
Change of address or bank details
Changes to do with marriage, civil partnerships and living with someone
You’ve changed your name
Your child is staying on in full-time education or approved training
Your child has left full-time education or approved training
You're leaving the United Kingdom (UK) to go abroad
Other changes
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Information to get together before you start

You won’t be able to save any information that you type into the online form, so have the following information handy:

your full name
your email address
your full postal address including postcode
your date of birth
your National Insurance number
the full name and date of birth of any children you receive Child Benefit for

This is important as it helps the Child Benefit Office to confirm your identity. They have a duty of care to protect you and will not reply where they think that confidentiality may be breached.

Security of your information

By emailing from the HM Revenue & Customs website your email is more secure. But the reply won’t be so it will not include confidential information. The Child Benefit Office will email you if necessary to explain that they will be replying fully by letter or phone.

You don't have a National Insurance number - reporting a change

Use the link immediately below if you don’t have a National Insurance number and want to report a change online.

Report a Child Benefit change

Change of address or bank details

Report a change of bank account for Child Benefit payments

Report a change of address

Changes to do with marriage, civil partnerships or living with someone

Report being married, forming a civil partnership, or starting to live with someone as if you were married or civil partners

You’ve changed your name

Report your name change

Your child is staying on in full-time education or approved training

Your child has left full-time education or approved training

If any of the following apply to your child, use the link immediately below:

they have started paid work of 24 hours or more a week
they have started training that isn’t approved, or is paid for by an employer
they get benefits in their own right - like Income Support, Jobseeker’s Allowance, Incapacity Benefit, Employment and Support Allowance or tax credits

Report that your child has left full-time education or approved training

If your child is under 18 and has registered for work, training or full-time education

You may need to use a different online form if your child is under 18 and you still want to get Child Benefit for them. Find out what you need to do by following the link below.

Find out more about Child Benefit for under 18s who leave education or training

You're leaving the United Kingdom (UK) to go abroad

There are different online forms to use, depending on whether you're going abroad:

temporarily - for more than eight weeks
permanently, or you're likely to be away for more than 52 weeks when you leave
to take up a posting as a Crown servant - for example, you're a UK civil servant or member of HM Armed Forces posted abroad

Find out what you need to do by following the link below.

Child Benefit if you’re living or working abroad

Other changes

If your change isn’t listed on this page, then use the link immediately below instead.

Report other changes that may affect your Child Benefit