Childcare funding help?

cheers me dears..just did calculator but then realized thats not for 2012/13..meh

very helpful thread!
u girls are just a fountain of knowledge!! this years calculator isnt available for ages yet, ridiculous I think!!!

The calculator doesn't normally show childcare
allowance anyway xx

Does anyone know what the cut off for income is to get help with childcare costs?? I've just read through the whole booklet on the nhs site and it doesn't say anywhere but did say that you had to qualify to be able to apply for dependants allowance but as I'm not the main wage earner does thus mean I couldn't apply for either??

There isn't a det cut off as its not purely based on income, they take into consideration outgoings and residual income too. So what they do is take your income, deduct your outgoings and see what's left. From the figure that is left they allocate so much money for each person in your household... If there is still money left you won't get dependents allowance and therefore only some or no childcare help depending on how much is left. If there is a minus figure you will receive dependents allowance and full childcare help.

It means that some households with low income but very low outgoings won't receive help as they have lots of leftover income, whilst households with higher incomes may receive help as they have much higher outgoings such as larger mortgages or larger families or both and therefore a smaller disposable income.

Hope that helps and makes sense!

Ah I see!! Thanks for that, seems to be some hope of getting a bit of help then