Question follow-through · 35897
Pre-school Education: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered amending the eligibility criteria for the Employment Allowance to include pre-schools.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 5 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 10 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
5 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered amending the eligibility criteria for the Employment Allowance to include pre-schools.
10 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Mar 2025
Answer published
As set out in the response to your written question on 26 February 2025, eligibility for the Employment Allowance (EA) is dependent on individual circumstances, in line with HMRC guidance. However, most private childcare providers, including pre-schools, ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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