Matriz de Responsabilidad

How well did/do those arrangements work in practice? waiting time for first payment

How well did/do those arrangements suit you? (explore views on delivery and periodicity)

comparison with benefits views of partner

self-employed people: fit with money flows preferences for other arrangements

May I ask how much Disabled Person’s Tax Credit you receive(d)? views on amount, comparison with wage

match with expectations how used

Did/does getting Disabled Person’s Tax Credit affect any other part of your income or budgeting? (explore impact, understanding, anticipation, views)

interaction with housing benefit/council tax benefit passport benefits

paying for care services that you need (LA charges, Independent Living Funds) child maintenance payments due from non-resident parents

Ask parents: How does Disabled Person’s Tax Credit fit in with your arrangements for childcare, or any arrangements you might make in the future?

nature of arrangements role of childcare tax credit understanding of rules views and experiences

Ask parents entitled to child maintenance: Is it clear to you whether there is a link between your Disabled Person’s Tax Credit and your child maintenance?

understanding

comparison with DWA/Family Credit impact on decisions about working

impact on decisions about pursuing child maintenance

6. ROLE OF DISABLED PERSON’S TAX CREDIT

I would like to talk about the effects for you of getting Disabled Person’s Tax Credit.

Does/did getting Disabled Person’s Tax Credit make it easier for you to work? (explore)

reduction of insecurity/anxiety financial rewards from work

Have you heard of the linking rule? Have you heard of Fast-track?

(Explore understanding and impact)

Has getting Disabled Person’s Tax Credit influenced you in changing the amount of work you do or changing your job? Or thinking about changing your work at all?

reduction in hours without Fast-track increase in hours (16 and 30 hour rules) use of Fast-track

change of job

Does/did getting Disabled Person’s Tax Credit influence: how you feel about your employer?

how your employer deals with you?

your relationships with working colleagues?

Are you better-off financially, as a result of getting Disabled Person’s Tax Credit? in comparison with being on benefits (own experience, or beliefs)

in comparison with previous work situation without Disabled Person’s Tax Credit

Ask self-employed people: Does getting Disabled Person’s Tax Credit have any other impact on your business?

Are there problems and barriers to your working, or working in the way you would like, apart from those we have talked about?

how could these be reduced?

7. GENERAL BELIEFS AND FEELINGS ABOUT GETTING DISABLED

PERSON’S TAX CREDIT

Disabled Person’s Tax Credit is a fairly new arrangement, and we are interested in how people feel about using it.

Do you feel that getting a tax credit from the Inland Revenue is different from getting a benefit from the Benefits Agency?

in what way; advantages/disadvantages; preferences comparison with Disability Working Allowance

Do you have any other dealings with the Inland Revenue? Does this influence how you feel about getting a tax credit or the way it is dealt with?

self-employed people - tax assessment tax arrears

Are there any advantages/disadvantages in the payments staying the same for six months?

awareness of ‘new child’ rule

Is Disabled Person’s Tax Credit an influence on your plans for the future, or those of you and your partner?

Have you had experience of any other ways of getting financial support when you are working? (explore experience and views, and seek comparison with working with Disabled Person’s Tax Credit)

therapeutic work; Work Trial; income support disregard Access to Work

Apart from financial support, have you had experience of other ways of supporting people in work (explore experience and views)

New Deal for Disabled People/Personal Advisor other New Deals/ONE

Disability Employment Advisers at work

employer subsidy (supported placements)

Are there any other financial arrangements that the government might make so that it was easier for disabled people or people with a health condition to do paid work?

Thank the person.

Explain that general findings will be published by the Inland Revenue, probably in late 2002. Ask if they would want to receive a summary of findings, and make a note on the receipt proforma, accordingly. Tell them SPRU will get in touch about this, but not until late 2002.

PAC/SP

E-mail: [email protected]

August 2001

Dear

Research on Disabled Person’s Tax Credit

In early June the Inland Revenue wrote to you telling you about some research they had commissioned about the views and experiences of people who had used Disabled Person’s Tax Credit. The letter said that you might be asked to take part in that research.

I am the person at the University of York who is responsible for that research. I am writing to tell you that we have now talked to a number of people living in your area, who have experience of Disabled Person’s Tax Credit, and we have finished the research interviews. We therefore do not need to take up your time and you will not be hearing again about this matter from us, or the Inland Revenue.

If, however there were things about Disabled Person’s Tax Credit that you particularly wanted to tell the researchers do telephone me on 01904 433608, and I will be pleased to talk to you.

Thank you very much.

Yours sincerely