We too have had parents ask us for our registration number to enable them to claim Working Tax Credit. We actively encourage our parents to claim it, and the majority of parents are sincere and pay their fees on time. But there are occasions when parents claim the money and then either leave owing huge amounts of fees or ask for the number in order to claim and then never turn up.
We were told through the press that all claimants would be checked to ensure that the parents were using daycare. With more than 100 children attending our facility, we expected to be inundated with these checks.
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