TFC05200 | Entitlement: conditions of eligibility

Childcare Payments Act 2014, section 3

To be eligible for TFC, a person, on the date of their declaration of eligibility, must satisfy all the conditions set out below:

• they must be at least 16 years old (section 6)

• they must be in the UK, or treated as being in the UK (section 8)

• they must be responsible for the child, whether they are the child’s biological or legal parent or not (see TFC8000) (section 7)

• they, and any partner, must be in paid work, whether as an employee or as a self-employed person, and earn equal to or more than a minimum income from that work (section 9)

• their (and any partner’s) adjusted net income, must not exceed the limit set out in regulations (section 10)

• neither they, nor any partner, must be claiming Universal Credit (section 11)

• neither they, nor any partner, must be on childcare vouchers or any other employer-supported childcare scheme provided for employees in circumstances in which conditions A to D in section 318A of ITEPA 2003 are met (section 12)

• neither they, nor any partner, must be receiving other childcare support (section 13)

Childcare Payments Act 2014, section 3(1)

A person who satisfies all the conditions of eligibility is known as an ‘eligible person’.