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Childcare: Income Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the impact of the introduction of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax on childminders and other home-based childcare providers; and what assessment she has made of the po

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Treasury
Tabled
15 Jan 2026
Target answer date
19 Jan 2026
Answer
22 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 15 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the impact of the introduction of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax on childminders and other home-based childcare providers; and what assessment she has made of the po

  2. 19 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    Childminders play a vital role in childcare. The Government has eased rules on working from schools and community centres and increased early years funding rates above 2023 average fees. These increases reflect increased costs, and from April 2026, local ...

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