family allowance

[amanda02]

Hi
I have declaired in November that my daughter was no longer in full time education. The family allowance people wrote to me and told me that her benefit would stop, however it has been going into my bank account. She has now started full time work and i need the payments to stop. I do not know the allowance number or how to contact them and to be honest im worried that they will expect me to pay back what i owe them all at once. Could you please advise me on what to do.

Thank you
Amanda

[sara3]

you mean child benefit?

all the info you need is here.. http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefit s/TaxCreditsandChildBenefit/Childbenefits/DG_0 73830

full options on contact details are at the bottom of the page.

[Ice.Maiden]

Oops! You shouldnt've used it hun, and yes, you will have to pay it all back, but perhaps if you said you thought you'd made a mistake, being as though it was still going in - they'd allow you to pay it back at so much per week/month?

[tamborine]

its child benefit as she's still your child - keep it; until she's adopted.

[cazzz1975]

phone them and tell them, if the situation was reversed and they were taking money away from you Im sure you would have tracked them down and phoned them by now. they are not too hard to find. their number should be at the top of the letter you received.

they will demand the excess back so the quicker you tell them the better.

[wolf63]

Get in touch with them

Did they say in the letter when it would stop - it doesn't always stop when full-time education stops.

If they sent this letter and continued to pay in error it may be written off as and 'official error'. If there is money that you have to pay back it can be paid in instalments.

Keep the letter that you got from them safe. Don't worry about it.

[stolencameo]

why on earth have you used it if you knew you were not entitled to it?

They are usually v helpful on the phone so just give them a call with the number someone supplied below

[tamborine]

your bank statement will show your NI number against the payments......ring the office & quote the number.