TFC08150 | Responsible for a child: what is local authority care

Childcare Payments (Eligibility) Regulations 2015, regulation 4(3)

For the purposes of TFC, a child is not in local authority care if either of the following apply during any period which:

• is a planned short-term break or is one of a series of such breaks to provide respite for the person with whom the child normally lives

• when the child is placed with, or continues to live with, the child’s parent or a person who has parental responsibility for the child