Children: Day Care

(asked on 17th October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's response to Freedom of Information request 45757, for what reason her Department does not hold information on family income in relation to validation of 30 hours of free childcare codes.


Answered by
Robert Goodwill Portrait
Robert Goodwill
This question was answered on 20th October 2017

HMRC checks a parent’s eligibility for 30 hours free childcare (including their income) and a 30 hours eligibility code is generated if the parent is eligible.

The following information is required to validate a 30 hours code via the Department for Education’s Eligibility Checking System: the 30 hours eligibility code, parent or partner’s National Insurance Number and child’s date of birth. The Department does, therefore, not require information on family income to validate a 30 hours code.

Reticulating Splines