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Childcare: Tax Allowances

Answer

The figures for open and used accounts for Tax-Free Childcare are published in Official Statistics. The latest release in November 2022 relates to figures up to September 2022 and are provided in the table below.

Number of: (1000s)	Financial Year
2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
Children with Open Accounts*	314	537	768	901	1,093
Children with Used Accounts*	72	203	396	462	647
Families with Open Accounts	272	449	615	697	816
Families with Used Accounts	57	160	315	374	512

* This refers to the number of children for whom accounts are open/used. A used account is one where a payment has been made to a childcare provider within the financial year. An open account is one where a family has met the eligibility criteria and may or may not have made a payment. This shows that in 2021-22 approximately 512,000 families used Tax-Free Childcare for 647,000 children

The Government is committed to supporting families with their childcare costs, including through Tax-Free Childcare (TFC). In July this year, we launched a £1.2 million communications campaign to help parents to access childcare support. This includes adverts through a variety of media channels, online, radio, television, newspaper and billboards. Additionally, we have worked with childcare providers at local levels to help parents better understand the support that is available to them.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

98738

Session

2022-23

Transferred

Yes

Subjects

Childcare Tax allowances Take-up

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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