Parents with older children have been warned they have just one week left to update their child benefit records - or risk the payments stopping. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) says parents and carers need to confirm whether their teenager is staying in full-time education or approved training.
This applies to young people aged 16 to 19. Child benefit records must be updated by August 31.
HMRC says it has written to 1.3 million parents and carers of children, who are in the last year of school or education, to remind them to update their child benefit records. More than 600,000 families have already notified HMRC, but many have yet to do so.
