Question follow-through · 22896
Extended Services: Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether costs for (a) before-school breakfast and (b) after-school clubs and programmes for children of (I) primary (II) secondary school age are eligible for reimbursement through universal credit as c
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 9 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 14 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether costs for (a) before-school breakfast and (b) after-school clubs and programmes for children of (I) primary (II) secondary school age are eligible for reimbursement through universal credit as c
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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14 Jan 2025
Answer published
Universal Credit childcare support is paid to eligible Universal Credit customers in work for childcare for children up to the age of 16 and can be considered for the costs of wraparound childcare, including breakfast and afterschool clubs. Childcare prov...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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