Petitions/Allow Carers/Family of children given them by social services to claim benefit
StatusClosed
Opened16 Dec 2025
Closes16 Jun 2026
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones

Legislate to allow benefits currently given to the birth parents of children who are currently being cared for by social services or have been passed to family members or other carers to instead be given to those family members or carers doing the caring.

Parents that have lost their children via social services are currently still receiving their child benefit paid to them which stops any carers been allowed to claim for the child/children which is putting many families in financial difficulty when they are trying to save and rescue children from neglect and harm. Parents currently don't have to give the child benefit to the carer, leaving them to spend it on themselves rather than their children.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Iqbal Mohamed
1Iqbal Mohamed MP
Dewsbury and Batley
2
Liam Conlon
2Liam Conlon MP
Beckenham and Penge
1
Mohammad Yasin
3Mohammad Yasin MP
Bedford
1
Max Wilkinson
4Max Wilkinson MP
Cheltenham
1
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
5Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP
Chorley
1
Nigel Farage
6Nigel Farage MP
Clacton
1
Danny Kruger
7Danny Kruger MP
East Wiltshire
1
Naushabah Khan
8Naushabah Khan MP
Gillingham and Rainham
1
Harpreet Uppal
9Harpreet Uppal MP
Huddersfield
1
Jeremy Corbyn
10Jeremy Corbyn MP
Islington North
1