Question follow-through · 59188
Childcare: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Tax-Free Childcare scheme in reducing childcare costs for working families.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 11 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Tax-Free Childcare scheme in reducing childcare costs for working families.
13 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Jun 2025
Answer published
Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) has been designed with the specific policy aim of supporting parents to return to paid work or work more. For every £8 parents pay into their childcare account, the Government adds £2 up to a maximum of £2,000 in top up per year f...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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