CCM18110 - Child Benefit and Tax Credits: Entitlement When The Child or Qualifying Young Person Dies

If a qualifying child or qualifying young person dies, entitlement to Child Benefit continues:

for eight weeks after the week in which they died or
until the week after they would have been 20 (19 before 10 April 2006) if this is earlier.

If a child or qualifying young person dies entitlement to Child Tax Credit continues:

for 8 weeks immediately after the date of death, or
the date they would have reached 20 (19 before 6 April 2006) if this is earlier.

The differences are only because Child Benefit is paid in whole weeks starting on a Monday.