Guardian's Allowance

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1. Overview

You could get Guardian바카라 사이트™s Allowance if you바카라 사이트™re bringing up a child whose parents have died. You may also be eligible if there바카라 사이트™s one surviving parent.

This guide is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg).

The Guardian바카라 사이트™s Allowance rate is £22.10 a week. You get it on top of Child Benefit and it바카라 사이트™s tax-free.

You must tell the Guardian바카라 사이트™s Allowance Unit about certain changes to your circumstances.

2. What you'll get

The Guardian Allowance rate is:

  • £22.10 a week per child
  • tax-free
  • paid on top of your Child Benefit payments

How the money is paid

Usually, the money is paid into a bank account every 4 weeks. It can be paid weekly if you바카라 사이트™re a single parent or getting certain other benefits, such as Income Support.

You can get the money paid into any account, apart from a Nationwide Building Society account in someone else바카라 사이트™s name.

Effect on other benefits

Guardian바카라 사이트™s Allowance does not count as income if you바카라 사이트™re claiming tax credits, Income Support, income-based Jobseeker바카라 사이트™s Allowance or income-related Employment and Support Allowance.

Guardian바카라 사이트™s Allowance is not affected by the High Income Child Benefit charge. If you decide not to be paid Child Benefit your Guardian바카라 사이트™s Allowance can continue.

Guardian바카라 사이트™s Allowance does not count towards the benefit cap.

Use a benefits calculator to work out what benefits you can get.

3. Eligibility

To get Guardian바카라 사이트™s Allowance all of the following must apply:

  • you바카라 사이트™re bringing up someone else바카라 사이트™s child
  • the child바카라 사이트™s parents are dead (see conditions for one surviving parent below)
  • you qualify for Child Benefit

One of the parents must also have been either:

  • born in the UK or a European Economic Area (EEA) country or Switzerland
  • living in the UK since the age of 16 for at least 52 weeks in any 2-year period

If you adopt a child you may still get Guardian바카라 사이트™s Allowance as long as you were getting it before you adopted the child.

If there is one surviving parent

You could get Guardian바카라 사이트™s Allowance if one of the following is true:

  • you do not know where the surviving parent is and you바카라 사이트™ve made a reasonable effort to contact them
  • the surviving parent will be in prison for at least 2 years from the date of death of the other parent
  • the surviving parent is in a hospital by court order

Use a benefits calculator to check the benefits you바카라 사이트™re entitled to.

4. How to claim

To avoid losing money, claim Guardian바카라 사이트™s Allowance as soon as the child comes to live with you.

  1. Fill in the claim form (BG1).

  2. Send it to the Guardian바카라 사이트™s Allowance Unit with the child바카라 사이트™s full birth certificate and the parents바카라 사이트™ death certificates (or certificate if one parent has died) - send originals.

You should also claim Child Benefit as soon as possible.

Guardian바카라 사이트™s Allowance can be backdated for up to 3 months.

You can also call the Guardian바카라 사이트™s Allowance Unit and ask for a claim pack.

If you disagree with a decision

You can challenge a decision about your claim. This is called asking for mandatory reconsideration.

5. Changes to your circumstances

If your circumstances change, your entitlement to Guardian바카라 사이트™s Allowance could be affected or your payments could stop.

You must report the following changes straight away:

  • the child goes to live with someone else
  • you go abroad, either temporarily (for more than 8 weeks) or permanently (for more than 1 year)
  • the child leaves full-time education or approved training
  • your bank or contact details change
  • you find out where the surviving parent is
  • the surviving parent comes out of hospital or prison (or has their sentence shortened)
  • the surviving parent makes a payment towards their child바카라 사이트™s upkeep

You can report these changes by phone or post.