Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 61698
Universal Credit: Childcare
Tabled: 20 June 2025
Answered: 26 June 2025
Question
Cat Eccles
Labour — Stourbridge
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to replace the provision of upfront childcare costs with Universal Credit with advance payments.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThere are currently no plans to change the way upfront childcare costs are paid. Claimants of the Universal Credit childcare element can claim upfront childcare costs through the Flexible Support Fund, to help ease them into the Universal Credit childcare...
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