TFC08250 | Responsible for a child: disabled child

Childcare Payments (Eligibility) Regulations 2015, regulation 5(2)

A disabled child is a qualifying child until the last day of the week in which 1 September falls following the child’s 16th birthday.

Childcare Payments (Eligibility) Regulations 2015, regulation 5(5)(a)

A disabled child is a child in respect of whom any of the following is being paid:

• disability living allowance (disability assistance in Scotland)

• personal independence payment

• armed forces independence payment

• an allowance or payment made under the law of a prescribed state which is substantially similar in character to an allowance or payment listed above

Childcare Payments (Eligibility) Regulations 2015, regulation 5(5)(b)

A child who is certified as severely sight impaired or blind by a consultant ophthalmologist is a disabled child.