UK Child Benefit Calculator 2026/27

£27.05 a week for the eldest or only child and £17.90 a week for each additional child, from 6 April 2026. That is about £1,407 a year for one child.

You do not lose it, but the High Income Child Benefit Charge claws it back through tax: 1% for every £200 of the higher earner's adjusted net income above £60,000, reaching 100% at £80,000.

No. It is based on each individual's adjusted net income, and the charge falls on whoever earns more. A plan to switch to household income was dropped at the Autumn Budget 2024.

£28.20 a week for each child under 16 in 2026-27, paid every four weeks to families in Scotland who get Universal Credit or certain other benefits.