Passported benefits
Getting CTC or WTC may entitle you to other benefits. You may be able to get the following.
•Free school lunches from the local authority.
Your income for tax credit purposes must be no more than £16,480 a year. You must get CTC but not be eligible for WTC, unless your income for tax credit purposes is no more than £7,500, or you are getting the four-week run-on of WTC because you have reduced your hours or stopped work.
1The Education (Free School Lunches) (Prescribed Tax Credits) (England) Order 2003, No.383; The Education (Free School Lunches) (Prescribed Tax Credits) (Wales) Order 2003, No.879 •Health benefits, such as free dental treatment, free prescriptions (in England), sight tests and vouchers for glasses. Your income for tax credit purposes must be no more than £15,276 and you must be getting CTC or WTC with a disability element. See Chapter 11 for other ways to qualify for health benefits.
•Sure Start maternity grant (if there is no other child under 16 in the household) or a funeral expenses payment. You also qualify if you get WTC with a disability or severe disability element.
•Healthy Start food vouchers. If you have a child under four, or you are pregnant, and get CTC but are not entitled to WTC (except during the four-week run-on period) and have an annual income for tax credit purposes of no more than £16,190, you may be eligible for Healthy Start food vouchers and free vitamins.
2HSS&WF(A) Regs