When do Kinship Payments Stop?

Kinship payments can stop when a number of things happen:

1. the placement with the carer ends and the child is no longer looked after
2. the young person leaves school and entitlement to child benefit comes to an end
3. the young person turns 16 years and enters employment
4. the young person enters into further education

Note that studying non advanced education similar to schooling at a college may allow the Kinship payment to continue.

An eligible young person, age 16, who was subject to a Section 11 Order immediately before they turned 16, can apply for an allowance to be paid to them which can be paid where the local authority deem it appropriate to do so.