child care costs claiming

clitb

can you still claim child care costs for the whole week even if you work part time nights at the week end. We have two young daughters one aged 3 and one aged 1. i work anything between 16 and 25 hrs in the week and my partner work 10hours friday night and 10 hours saturday nightcan we still claim for our eldest daughters lunch clud and 5 half day session. She gets the other 5 half days free thanks

DaisyFlower

Why would you need help with childcare costs if your child can be at home with a parent?

liney

You work 26-35 hours between you and you want the goverment to pay for the child to go to nursery full time?

It is my understanding that child care help is so that people can go to work...

becky004

clitb wrote: »

can you still claim child care costs for the whole week even if you work part time nights at the week end. We have two young daughters one aged 3 and one aged 1. i work anything between 16 and 25 hrs in the week and my partner work 10hours friday night and 10 hours saturday nightcan we still claim for our eldest daughters lunch clud and 5 half day session. She gets the other 5 half days free thanks

I think it depends on the number of hours worked, and the amount of childcare costs overall, rather than when the hours are worked.
When I worked part time (as a single parent), my weekly childcare costs were taken into account, regardless of what days I worked (if that makes sense).
I worked 3 days but had to pay for 5 in order to keep my daughters place at the childminders, even if she didn't go for the 2 days I wasn't working.

becky004

liney wrote: »

You work 26-35 hours between you and you want the goverment to pay for the child to go to nursery full time?

It is my understanding that child care help is so that people can go to work...

That is a little harsh, most childcare places (unless you can give them set days, e.g. Mon , Wed, Fri), will not keep your place open unless you pay for it. Initially I only worked 3 days per week, but they were not set days, so had to pay for 5 days care in order for them to keep her place open, resulting in higher childcare costs, even though I didn't need them.
I now work full time so it is not an issue. I pay for 5 days, they now go 5 days, but if I am off work and they don't go, i still pay full to keep their places open.