Child Benefit is available to the parents or guardians of children, teenagers and young adults.
It is not a means-tested benefit so income below £50,000 and savings do not impact the amount a person receives and you do not need to have paid any National Insurance contributions to get it.
It is a payment made to people responsible for bringing up a child aged below 16 - or a young person under 20 if they are still in full time training or on certain approved training courses - as the Daily Record reports.
