From 6 April 2003, Foster Parents and Foster Carers, who do not
normally receive Child Benefit for the children they care for, can
get HRP. A ”foster parent” is a person who has been
approved as such in accordance with the provisions of
Part IV of the Fostering Services Regulations
2002 (approval of foster parents) or the provisions of
Part II of the Fostering of Children
(Scotland) Regulations 1996 (approval of foster carers)
Customers must complete form CF411 if they wish to claim HRP.
They must also include a ‘letter of confirmation’ that
they have been registered throughout the tax year with the form
CF411, obtainable from the authority or agency organising the
foster care.
Entitlement to HRP is not dependent on the foster carer
having a child living with them for 52 weeks of the year. It is
awarded to carers who are registered as foster carers for a whole
tax year. Exceptionally, a foster carer may be able to qualify for
HRP if they have been registered for only part of a tax year, but,
for the remainder of that period they were caring full time for a
disabled person. See
NIM41340.
Unlike the HRP awarded to other carers or parents, the HRP
awarded to registered foster carers does not go towards their
entitlement to a State Second Pension.
