Backdating Child Tax credit query

eljapo4

Hi my wife is currently in the process of becoming a registered childminder, hoping to be signed of by October. I'm wondering if anyone can help clarify this for me:
OH already has 1 person looking for her daughter to be minded atm, but this person gets help paying for her childcare costs (not sure if its childcare vouchers she uses or additional tax credits?). With my OH not being signed off as registered yet - can this other ladies payments be backdated if my OH was to start caring for this little lady? We live in NI if that makes any difference.

Icequeen99

Is your partner's registration backdated or is it given from the date issued?

IQ

eljapo4

No I don't think her registration date is backdated, anyway to update this the lady who's daughter my OH would be caring for contacted the Tax credits and they seem to be able to backdate her claim for the childminding start date. She just needed to give them a few details about my OH which will then be updated again once registration is complete and then a backdated payment should be issued.