Question follow-through · 86206
Childcare: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support working parents with childcare costs in Northern Ireland.
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
- 29 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 12 Nov 2025 · 14 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
29 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support working parents with childcare costs in Northern Ireland.
3 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Nov 2025
Answer published
The early education and childcare entitlements are a devolved matter.Parents may be eligible for childcare support through Tax-Free Childcare or Universal Credit Childcare which are UK-wide offers. Tax-Free Childcare can help with an additional 20% contri...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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