Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 53700

Childcare: Lone Parents

Tabled: 20 May 2025
Answered: 27 May 2025

Question

Mrs Elsie Blundell

LabourHeywood and Middleton North

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of single parent family access to high quality childcare settings.

Answer

Stephen Morgan
Single parents of children aged nine months and over may qualify for 30 hours of funded childcare from September this year, provided they meet the eligibility requirements. Each parent needs to expect to earn the equivalent of 16 hours at National Living ...

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