Question follow-through · 109416
Childminding: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the potential impact of changes to childminder tax arrangements on the delivery of funded childcare hours.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 6 Feb 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the potential impact of changes to childminder tax arrangements on the delivery of funded childcare hours.
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Feb 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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