Children: Day Care

(asked on 13th December 2021) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of eligible families with children under five (a) have an open Tax Free Childcare account and (b) used their Tax Free Childcare account in 2020-21.


Answered by
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Simon Clarke
This question was answered on 16th December 2021
The total eligible population is 1.3m families. This estimate is not broken down by family characteristics. The total number of eligible children in those families is 1.7m for 2020-21.

The table below shows the total number of children with open and used Tax-Free Childcare accounts for 0-4 year olds in 2020-21:

Month/Year

Total Open Accounts (0-4 year olds)

Total Used Accounts (0-4 year olds)

Apr-20

447,725

87,055

May-20

442,905

62,575

Jun-20

446,180

117,490

Jul-20

460,955

157,200

Aug-20

470,145

159,840

Sep-20

465,120

225,020

Oct-20

464,860

232,435

Nov-20

474,150

240,935

Dec-20

477,185

245,065

Jan-21

490,315

230,370

Feb-21

503,135

230,450

Mar-21

525,770

283,095

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