Nursery World - Scots create two-tier nanny force

All nanny agencies in Scotland are to be regulated from April, enabling parents who use their services to claim the childcare tax credit when employing nannies, under Scottish Executive plans currently out for consultation. The move will create a two-tier system where nannies recruited through agencies are regulated and nannies recruited directly by parents are not, with those who do not use agencies to recruit nannies unable to claim the childcare tax credit.

The move will create a two-tier system where nannies recruited through agencies are regulated and nannies recruited directly by parents are not, with those who do not use agencies to recruit nannies unable to claim the childcare tax credit.

Under the proposals, published at the end of December, nanny agencies will be considered to be registered with the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care from 1 April and have until 30 September to submit a formal application for registration. But if they have not applied for registration by the end of September and continue to operate, the agencies will be committing an offence. The Care Commission has until 31 March 2004 to consider and make a decision on the applications received.

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