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Up to 30 hours of free childcare All working parents in the UK are currently entitled to 30 hours of free childcare for children aged 3 to 4. From April 1, this entitlement expanded to include 15 ...
The Childcare Voucher Scheme was a UK government initiative aimed at helping working parents benefit from tax efficiencies in order to save money on childcare. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] However, as of 4 October 2018, schemes are closed to new members as the system was phased out in favour of the tax-free childcare scheme.
In March 2013, PACEY's report Childcare – not just a job, a vocation, based on research carried out in association with Nursery World magazine and NannyTax, [15] found that low pay and poor status are concerns across the childcare profession – among childminders, nursery workers and nannies. In spite of this, the study found that for every ...
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a non-ministerial department of His Majesty's government, reporting to Parliament.Ofsted's role is to make sure that organisations providing education, training and childcare services in England do so to a high standard for children and students.
Parents with younger children are hardest-hit by a lack of Government support, says the IFS. Parents spending £10,000 a year on childcare – report Skip to main content
This was £1 higher than the rate payable for subsequent children, which was again frozen, at £7.25/week. From 1991 Child Benefit increased in line with inflation, until 1998, when the new Labour government increased the first child rate by more than 20%, and abolished the Lone Parent rate.
Hundreds of children’s care home placements are costing councils over £10,000 a week, new figures obtained by The Independent show.. English councils are spending these staggering amounts for ...
Child trust funds were opposed by the Liberal Democrats at the 2005 general election with the manifesto pledging to move the money into early years programmes instead. . Liberal Democrats have variously argued that recipients may spend the money unwisely, that the policy is overly restrictive in not allowing parents to access the money, and that the money could better be spent on pre-school ...