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Child Trust Fund: service availability and issues

Check the availability and any issues affecting the Child Trust Fund (CTF) online service.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs
• Published: 1 January 2014
• Last updated: 10 March 2026
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  1. 10 March 2026

     Updated the 'Service availability' section to replace Government Gateway with HMRC online services.

  2. 16 November 2018

     Downtime previously planned for 17 and 18 November will now take place on 24 and 25 November.

  3. 8 November 2018

     A service issue has been added to advise that maintenance is scheduled from 6pm to 11pm on Thursday 8 November.

  4. 1 November 2018

     Planned downtime for 3 and 4 November will now take place on 17 and 18 November.

  5. 25 October 2018

     Planned downtime for Saturday 3 November 2018 and Sunday 4 November 2018 added.

  6. 16 November 2017

     A service issue has been added as some customers are experiencing delayed submission responses.

  7. 24 December 2015

     Service issues section has been updated.

  8. 23 September 2015

     Planned downtime has been added to this page.

  9. 1 January 2014

     First published.

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