Question follow-through · 120458
Childcare: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of eligible households in Belfast South and Mid Down, West Belfast, North Belfast and East Belfast constituencies are availing of the Tax Free Childcare scheme.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 12 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of eligible households in Belfast South and Mid Down, West Belfast, North Belfast and East Belfast constituencies are availing of the Tax Free Childcare scheme.
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Mar 2026
Answer published
The number of families that use Tax Free Childcare in these constituencies each year is published in table 12 of Tax Free Childcare statistics (Tax-Free Childcare Statistics, December 2025 - GOV.UK). Eligible population data is not broken down at constitu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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