Question follow-through · 12898
Childcare
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Universal Credit reimbursement processes on claimants having to pay childcare fees upfront in a lump sum.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 5 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 11 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions,what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Universal Credit reimbursement processes on claimants having to pay childcare fees upfront in a lump sum.
11 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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11 Nov 2024
Answer published
Universal Credit customers can claim up to 3 months of future childcare costs at a time with these costs reimbursed month by month. Universal Credit childcare element, when claimed together with upfront childcare costs, means that customers receive up to ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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