Question 14551 — family benefits

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Mr. Eric Liégeon alerts the Minister of Health, Families, Autonomy and People with Disabilities on the consequences for families of the shift in the age of the increase in family allowances from fourteen to eighteen years for all children born from March 1, 2012, established by decree no. 2026-138 of February 28, 2026. Even though the board of directors of the National Fund family allowances were majority pronounced against this draft decree, this reform came into force on March 1, 2026. It raises serious concerns among many families and family associations. Indeed, several studies, including that recently carried out by the High Council for the Family, Childhood and Age, highlight a significant increase in the cost of children from adolescence (+ 66% from 14 years old according to the OECD) due to in particular increased expenses linked to food, clothing, transport or even digital equipment which has often become essential in the school environment. In this context, the postponement of the increase appears particularly penalizing and unfair for families, in particular large families and low-income households, already faced with a general increase in the cost of living and for whom the increase plays a role. important for consolidating household income to meet expenses related to adolescence. For low-income families, the cumulative shortfall over four years would exceed 3,600 euros per child (or 900 euros per year). Furthermore, this measure comes at a time when the family branch of social security has surpluses, which questions the budgetary justification of this measure and the advisability of imposing this effort on families with adolescent children. Finally, even though the number of births fell by 192,000 between 2010 and 2025, this decision to postpone the age of increase does not seem to go in the direction of an incentive family policy. Consequently, he asks him to suspend this measure for families who have not yet started to suffer its effects in order to take into account the real cost of the child-adolescent. He also wants to know if it plans to preserve the surpluses of the family branch for the benefit of family policies alone.

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1. 21 April 2026

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