Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in each Welsh constituency are eligible for tax-free childcare; how many such households have (a) applied and (b) been accepted on to that scheme since its introduction; and how many such households have received tax-free childcare in the latest period for which figures are available.

I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 25 June 2018 to the Honourable Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North (155282).

We estimate that around 60,000 parents with qualifying childcare costs are eligible for TFC in Wales.

To date about 4,000 applications have been received from Welsh parents for TFC and about 2,750 currently have a live account.

A marketing campaign was launched on 10 September 2018, to increase awareness and take-up of Tax-Free Childcare.