Carers: Welfare Tax Credits

(asked on 18th January 2017) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, (a) how many people other than parents (i) applied for and (ii) were granted specified adult childcare credits to obtain national insurance credits as an adult carer, caring for a child under 12, in each month since 6 April 2011 and (b) how much those national insurance credits have cost in each full tax year for which that scheme has been in place.


Answered by
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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 27th January 2017

Specified Adult Childcare Class 3 National Insurance credits were introduced in April 2011. They can be claimed from the 1st October following the end of the relevant tax year. The figures for the number of people who (i) applied for and (ii) were granted these credits are as follows:

  1. Applications Received

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016

October

89

1240

153

148

207

November

271

166

301

283

December

258

52

101

January

136

92

102

February

111

174

131

March

N/A

135

162

April

19

97

34

107

May

88

120

38

116

June

18

67

85

N/A

July

23

108

166

99

August

68

73

136

122

September

391

76

118

115

  1. Applications Approved

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016

October

54

758

124

124

192

November

183

147

271

261

December

191

48

88

January

99

80

87

February

85

149

114

March

N/A

119

138

April

18

65

29

83

May

76

90

34

97

June

16

49

80

N/A

July

20

81

151

88

August

54

61

111

110

September

260

63

96

98

These figures have been taken from management information systems and are not official statistics. Information on applications approved in March 2014 and June 2016 cannot be recovered from the relevant IT system. Application figures for the period October 2012 to March 2013 are not available monthly.

Current spouses or partners of the person claiming child benefit for a child under 12 are not eligible for this type of credit. Former spouses or partners of the child’s parents may be eligible and will be included in these figures.

When the policy was introduced in April 2011 the Department for Work and Pensions estimated that the credits would generate an annual exchequer cost of £10,000 per year.

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