Good morning all, I am new to this site so I am hoping someone may be able to help me.
My current situation is that I am a single mother of a 16month old boy; his father (my ex fiancé) left me for another woman he had been seeing from work. I work full time Monday to Friday and so does my ex. He works as an unqualified teaching instructor.
So my little boy goes to nursery 5 days a week, that being said I currently claim child tax and working tax credit which includes the child care element. his childcare costs amount to approx £900 per month and his father pays me £190 per month towards that.
Now my question today is this; my ex has requested a copy of my little boys birth certificate (which is fine) but when I asked him why he needed it he said that he thinks he is entitled to some free childcare hours because of his profession. I have doubts that he is actually using it for that because I don't think he would be entitled to anything like that but I may be wrong, could anyone advise me if this would be the case?
many thanks xxx