Written Question·Treasury·UIN 106196

Childcare: Income Tax

Tabled: 15 January 2026
Answered: 22 January 2026

Question

Liz Jarvis

Liberal DemocratEastleigh

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the impact of the introduction of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax on childminders and other home-based childcare providers; and what assessment she has made of the po

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
Childminders play a vital role in childcare. The Government has eased rules on working from schools and community centres and increased early years funding rates above 2023 average fees. These increases reflect increased costs, and from April 2026, local ...

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