Question follow-through · 53701
Childcare: Lone Parents
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support single parents re-entering the workforce with funding to access high-quality childcare.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 20 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 May 2025
- Answer
- 27 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support single parents re-entering the workforce with funding to access high-quality childcare.
22 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 May 2025
Answer published
Single parents of children aged nine months and over may qualify for 30 hours of funded childcare from September this year, provided they meet the eligibility requirements. Each parent needs to expect to earn the equivalent of 16 hours at National Living ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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