Question follow-through · 100145

Childcare: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families (i) in Fylde and (ii) across Lancashire are expected to receive the additional £736.06 per child in childcare support as a result of changes to universal credit rules.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
18 Dec 2025
Answer
18 Dec 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families (i) in Fylde and (ii) across Lancashire are expected to receive the additional £736.06 per child in childcare support as a result of changes to universal credit rules.

  2. 18 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The requested information is not readily available and to provide it would be at disproportionate cost. The monthly statistics for the number of Children in households on Universal Credit in Great Britain by Parliamentary Constituency and Local Authority ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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