Parents and carers who receive any of the following may qualify:
- Universal Credit provided you have an annual net earned income of no more than £7,400, as assessed by earnings from up to three of your most recent assessment periods.
- Income Support.
- Income-based Jobseekers Allowance.
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance.
- Support from NASS (National Asylum Support Service) under part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
- The guaranteed element of State Pension Credit.
- Child Tax Credit (provided family is not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190).
- Working Tax Credit run-on (the payment someone may receive for a further four weeks after they stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit).
You may also qualify if your child has:
- been looked after by the local authority for at least one day
- been adopted from care
- left care through a special guardianship order or a child arrangement order in England or Wales
What you need to do
Your early years provider should have given you a registration form, fill it in and return it to them.