Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 37714
Childcare: Flexible Support Fund and Universal Credit
Tabled: 12 March 2025
Answered: 20 March 2025
Question
Laura Trott
Conservative — Sevenoaks
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to (a) assess the take-up levels of the (i) childcare element of Universal Credit and (ii) Flexible Support Fund to pay upfront childcare costs and (b) increase this
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsUniversal Credit (UC) childcare element statistics are published quarterly. In the latest month for which data is available (November 2024), 177,000 UC households were paid the UC childcare cost element. In November 2024, 29% of households on Universal Cr...
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