Funding
Free Entitlement:
What is it?
The free entitlement for all eligible 3 and 4 year olds is a maximum of 15 hours free early education per week. All children are eligible to recieve free entitliment from the term after their third birthday.
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Child Benefit:
What is it?
A benefit for people bringing up children Paid for each child
Not affected by income or savings
For the eldest child who qualifies - £16.05 per week
For each other child who qualifies - £10.75 per week
Claim as soon as your child is born or comes to live with you. If you delay, you may lose benefit.
Get a claim pack by contact your Child Benefit Office on:
Great Britain Residents - Tel: 0845 302 1444/ Textphone: 0845 302 1474
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Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit:
What is it?
The new Child Tax Credit is a system of income-related support for families with children, and is available for families with incomes up to £58,000. This is in recognition of the costs of parenthood borne by both low and middle income families. The Child Tax Credit is paid to the main carer, and can be spent on the children in any way that the carer chooses.
The new Working Tax Credit is a system of providing a targeted top-up to wages for those in lower-paid jobs (both with and without children), ensuring that work pays more than welfare. The Working Tax Credit will include a specific childcare element, which will pay up to 70% of childcare costs for those with children in receipt of this credit.
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Childcare Vouchers:
What is it?
If you are a working parent, Childcare Vouchers are the flexible, simple and cost effective way to help you cover your childcare costs.
Childcare Vouchers enable you to save up to 11% on your annual childcare costs because they are exempt from all National Insurance payments (depending on your own NI rate).
The Chancellor's pre-budget report on 10th December 2003 included an important statement on the tax and NI treatment of employer-supported childcare. The announcement stated that from April 2005, employers will be able to provide Childcare Vouchers to employees free of tax and NI, up to £50 a week. Employees will then be able to use them for registered childcare or approved home-childcare.
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