Working Families Tax Credit

HC Deb 30 October 2001 vol 373 cc626-7W

Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps are taken to ensure that parents do not enrol their children in nursery on a temporary basis in order to claim working families tax credit. [10676]

Dawn Primarolo

Applicants for the working families tax credit provide confirmation from child care providers of the charges they have agreed with parents and that the service they provide is eligible for support through the child care tax credit.

Applications may be selected for further inquiry on the basis of a risk assessment. Specialist staff may inquire formally into applications identified as requiring investigation.