Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of whether single parents in England would benefit most from either (a) childcare vouchers or (b) tax-free childcare.

Tax-Free Childcare is fairer for single parents as it is paid per child whereas childcare vouchers are paid per parent. About 1 million more families will be able to receive Tax-Free Childcare than currently receive vouchers. Childcare Vouchers are offered by less than 5% of employers and are not available to the self-employed, so many single parents aren’t able to receive them.