How millions of parents can reclaim leftover cash from ParentPay before school holidays start

  • 📰 TheSun
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 42 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 20%
  • Publisher: 61%

United Kingdom Headlines News

United Kingdom Latest News,United Kingdom Headlines

Millions of parents can reclaim leftover cash from lunches and trips before school holidays start

MILLIONS of parents should check if they can reclaim cash from accounts used to pay for kids' school lunches and trips before the holidays start.1Credit: Getty - Contributor

Megan French, consumer expert at MoneySavingExpert.com, said: "Although some may have as little as £1 in their ParentPay account, others could have more, so at this time of year it's definitely worth checking to see if you can withdraw any cash."via its website and your balance will appear in the top right-hand corner.If you've got cash to reclaim, how you do it depends on what type of credit you have.

The credit will then be added to the card or bank account linked to your ParentPay account - this should be immediate although it can take up to 10 working days. If you've got credit that is used to pay your child's school or caterer directly, then you'll need to contact them for a refund, although they should pay it into your ParentPay account where you can then withdraw it.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 64. in UK

United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Working parents face £800 bill for summer holiday childcareSurvey shows provision in UK remains inadequate and prices have risen by 3% since last year And the rest Surely working parents have close friends or relatives who do not work , who can do the child caring for free . so did working parents think kids had no costs and the government would pay for everything?
Source: The Guardian - 🏆 84. / 53 Read more »

Food bank use among children over school holidays surges by 20% in a year‘I want to go back to work. I’m not one of those mums who wants to stay at home. I want to work,’ says single mother at food bank in Epsom, who is unable to earn a living due to lack of free childcare places At least those kids might get some slightly nutritious food for a change? well, we can thank all those who voted tory. thank you tory voters. People take advantage of free stuff, go figure!
Source: The Independent - 🏆 80. / 59 Read more »

Travel chaos warning: Millions at risk as EasyJet plans strike during summer holiday peakTRAVEL chaos is expected to start next week as thousands of passengers are at risk of holiday disasters according to fresh reports.
Source: Daily Express - 🏆 26. / 68 Read more »

BBC U-turn after backlash means over 75s can still reclaim TV licence cash paid by mistakeTV viewers over 75 who mistakenly pay for a licence will still be able to claim a refund from next year as the BBC has U-turned on ditching the policy. At the moment, anyone above the age of 75 can… In the words, nobody is paying, the prisons are full and it would be bad optics to go after pensioners anyway as they form the bulk of BBC's audience.
Source: TheSun - 🏆 64. / 61 Read more »

Kaiser Wilhelm's heirs launch fight to reclaim artworks and palace from German stateThe descendants of the last German Kaiser are locked in a legal battle to reclaim thousands of valuable artworks and historical artefacts from the German state, it has emerged. Fair play, good on them. I believe some of their property is in was is now Poland🤔
Source: The Telegraph - 🏆 41. / 63 Read more »

Stephen Colbert on Trump: 'Old school racism minus the school'Late-night hosts continued to discuss the US president’s racist tweets and his attempts to prove that they were not racist How was any of what he said racist? Who remembers when late-night shows were funny instead of constantly 'orange man bad'? Ok clown, I guess everyone has an opinion
Source: The Guardian - 🏆 84. / 53 Read more »