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Tell the Child Benefit office about a child being looked after by a local authority

Use form CH193 to tell the Child Benefit office that a child is being looked after by a local authority for 8 weeks or more.

Updates to this page

From:
HM Revenue & Customs
Published:
4 April 2014
Last updated:
13 April 2026
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  1. The guidance has been updated to include a new online form and a Welsh translation.

  2. The email form CH193 has been replaced with an online service.

  3. An online forms service is now available.

  4. First published.

Documents

Tell HMRC online

https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/submissions/new-form/tell-hmrc-about-child-looked-after-by-local-authority

Details

As a local authority, you must tell HMRC as soon as you know that a child will be looked after by you, for 8 weeks or more. You must do this using the online service.

You’ll need the:

  • child’s given names and any other names the child is known by
  • date the child started being looked after by the local authority
  • contact details of the social worker, locum, duty social worker or clerk attached to the child

How to use the online form

You can either:

  • sign in to apply online — if you do not already have sign in details, you’ll be able to create them
  • use your email address to get a confirmation code that you can use to sign in

Child Benefit for children in hospital or care
Guidance on Child Benefit when a child goes into care, hospital or residential care.

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