Which children can get the funding?

Economic criteria

• Income support
• Income-based Jobseekers Allowance
• Income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• Support under Park VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• the guaranteed element of State Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit - Provided parents are not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
• Working Tax Credit run on - paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
• Universal Credit - household income must be less than £7,400 a year after tax, not including any benefits - this is assessed on up to three of the parent’s most recent universal credit assessment periods.

Non-economic criteria

In addition, a child could be eligible if they:

• are being looked after by a local authority in England or Wales
• Child has left through:
  • an adoption order
  • a special guardianship order
  • a child arrangement order