Surrey Welfare Rights Unit

When your child is no longer included in your Housing Benefit Claim

The rule for when your child stops being included in your Housing Benefit claim is the same as for Child Benefit.

Child Benefit stops when the earliest of the following happens:

• Your child is 16 or over and has stopped full-time non-advanced education and the  terminal date The terminal date for child benefit is the first of the following that falls after the date the child left education or training: The last day of February; 31 May; 31 August; 30 November  has passed.
• Your child reaches 20

This may mean your Housing Benefit award reduces, although your bedroom entitlement will not change while they continue living with you.