HC Deb 14 March 1989 vol 149 c173W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what steps he is taking to advise potential claimants of family credit that child-minding expenses may be deducted from earnings in assessing entitlements; whether existing claimants of family credit have been so advised; and whether his publications will be revised.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

There is no provision in legislation for child-minding expenses to be deducted from earnings in assessing family credit.