§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will provide support for single parents to use existing nursery provision in addition to existing benefits.
§ Mr. BurtLone parents already use a wide range of informal and formal methods of child care including day370W nurseries. The help with child care costs from October 1994 in family credit, disability working allowance, housing benefit and council tax benefit, is payable in respect of day nursery provision where charges are made for this.
Along with child benefit and one-parent benefit, lone parents can qualify for a range of extra assistance within the income related benefits such as the lone parent premium, a higher earning disregard and a maintenance disregard.