Bryan Slater Director of Education	Distribution
	To the Headteacher and Chairman of Governors of all Norfolk Schools.

This document needs your action as detailed below:

ACTION	Title	Charging for School Activities – Remission of Charges for Board and Lodgings.
	Summary of contents	Letter giving details of a change to the income ‘threshold’ for one of the benefits taken into account when determining eligibility for remission of charges.
	Associated documents	·Section 200 of the Education Act 2002 ·The Education (Residential Trips) (Prescribed Tax Credits) (England) Regulations 2003 SI 2003/381 · MI sheet MI 69/03 · The Tax Credits Up-rating Regulations 2004
	Date	26^th April, 2004
	Summary of action required	Ensure any references in your schools charging policy are amended to reflect the new income ‘threshold’ with effect from the 6^th April 2004.
	To be completed by	28/05/2004
	LEA Contact	Tim Wilby	(	01603-222494
	E-mail address	tim.wilby.edu@norfolk.gov.uk
	Norfolk Self Review reference	4. How good are curricular and other opportunities? 5. How well does the school care for its pupils? 6. How well does the school work in partnership with parents? 7. How well is the school led and managed?
	Document reference	MI 94/04

Remission of Charges for Board and Lodging costs, Residential School Trips

Child Tax Credit, Change of Income ‘threshold’ from 6^th April 2004.

I am writing to inform you of a change in the Income ‘threshold’ of the Child Tax Credit
category which needs to be taken into consideration when determining remission of charges for the boarding and lodging element of residential school trips taking place wholly or partly in school hours.

The amount was previously £13,230. With effect from 6^th April 2004 it is £13,480. This change maintains the alignment of eligibility criteria for the remission of these charges with those used for determining free school meals.

I detail below the benefits, including the amended figure, which need to be taken into account.

· Income Support

· Income Based Jobseeker’s Allowance

· Support under part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

· Child Tax Credit, where the parent is not entitled to Working Tax Credit and whose annual income (as assessed by the Inland Revenue) does not exceed £13,480.

The Charging Policy for your school should be amended to reflect these amendments.

Yours sincerely

Bryan Slater

Director of Education