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Written question asked by Catherine McKinnell (Labour) on Tuesday, 4 June 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 10 June 2019 (named day). It was answered by Elizabeth Truss (Conservative) on Monday, 10 June 2019 on behalf of the Treasury.

Childcare

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of tax-free childcare accounts are used by households with one or more self-employed parents as of 31 May 2019.

Answer

Details of the number of families with a Tax-Free Childcare account are published quarterly by HMRC. The latest publication is available at the following address:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-march-2019

In March 2019 there were 313,000 families with an open Tax-Free Childcare account.

In March 2019 there were 125,000 families with a used Tax-Free Childcare account.

Table 3 shows the numbers of open and used accounts for families with a self-employed parent. The proportion of families with a used account that have a self-employed parent in March 2019, was 19,000/125,000 or 15%.

In March 2019, there were 900 disabled children in receipt of Tax-Free Childcare.

The information published in these statistics comprises all months since the policy was launched in April 2017 to March 2019. A further update, including the months April to June 2019, will be published in August.

Since Tax-Free Childcare was launched in April 2017 and up to May 2019, 8,500 accounts have been closed.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
259997
Session
2017-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Complaints Childcare Tax allowances Self-employed
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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