Prisoners on remand - Child benefits - On remand

You can still receive Child Benefit and Guardian's Allowance while on remand if you continue to have responsibility for the child. If someone else is looking after the child and they get Child Benefit for the child, then you won’t be entitled to it.

If your child is taken into care by the local authority or with a foster carer or moves into a residential unit for 8 weeks or more, you will not continue to get Child Benefit.