Child benefit rates

[MaggieW]

Can anyone tell me where I can find out what tha various child benefits rates have been since 2001 please?

hmmmm - if I was more organise I 'would' ahve been able to get out all my 'wonderful' letters from the child benifits people telling me about the 'amazing' (NOT) 50p a week increases we seem to get each year.............hope someone else can help

googled this
From April 2001 Child Benefit is paid at the rate of £15.50 a week for the first
or only child and at £10.35 a week for all other children. ...

Child Benefit 2004/05
Only or eldest child 16.50
Only or eldest child (lone parent rate) 17.55

• (abolished from June 1998 for new claims) Each subsequent child 11.05

As announced in Budget 2002, from April 2003, the rates of Child Benefit will
rise in line with indexation to £16.05 and £10.75 respectively; ...

Think the rates go up to £17.05 a week from the 11th April - can't place my letter offhand.

2003-04 (£)

Eldest/only child 16.05

Other Children 10.75
Eldest/only child (Lone parent rate) 17.55
Guardian's Allowance 11.55

2004-05 (£)

Eldest/only child 16.50
Other Children 11.05
Eldest/only child (Lone parent rate) 17.55
Guardian's Allowance 11.85

info for 2005/6 here

Thanks for all your help. Have just found 02/03 -£15.25 and 10.55. Child Tax Credit people are saying we've been overpaid but I have a feeling they're trying to reclaim more than they've paid us. I'm trying to work it out but as I've banked Tax Credits along with child benefit I need to separate them out for the past couple of years to see what's what. Thanks again.