Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government plans to lay legislative proposals before the House to change the tax credit sequencing rules applied to non-parental carers.

HM Treasury continues to work closely with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to bring these regulations into force as soon as possible. On 25 July, HMRC and DWP consulted with the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) on draft regulations to bring this change into force. The minutes of that meeting have been published online and can be found at:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/735203/ssac-minutes-july-2018.pdf.

The government intends to lay these regulations before parliament as soon as possible.