Question follow-through · 106196
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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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 15 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 22 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
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
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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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 ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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