Question follow-through · 117950
Childcare: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Department plans to review the eligibility criteria for government-funded childcare for children cared for by qualified and Ofsted-registered relatives.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 4 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 12 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Department plans to review the eligibility criteria for government-funded childcare for children cared for by qualified and Ofsted-registered relatives.
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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12 Mar 2026
Answer published
Parents are free to choose the childcare that is right for them and their children, and childminders are not prevented from caring for related children.However, the restriction on funding relatives is set out in the Childcare Act 2006. Section 18(4) of th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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Politics: Secondary Education
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve civic and political education in the secondary level of education.