Once parents have this number they could continue to claim childcare costs when they are not in fact using it.
How will the Inland Revenue know that these are genuine claims? Its intention to check them all in the first year will be lengthy, costly and, if fraudulent, late. What a farce.
Surely the old system, where the provider had to sign to verify the child was cared for by them, then giving the number of hours and the cost, was better than having parents state what they say they pay for childcare.
Where's the sense in this?
Chris Taylor
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