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Families can use Tax-Free Childcare to help pay for their childcare costs.
Use this factsheet if you provide childcare for parents claiming help through tax credits.
Government publishes new data showing 195,355 children benefitting from government-funded childcare for 2-year-olds in successful April launch.
Check the availability and any issues affecting the Childcare service.
Largest ever expansion of free childcare in England backed by fair funding for all age groups.
The latest Tax-Free Childcare statistics reveal more than 405,000 families used the scheme in December 2022.
Research to track the experiences of parents and childcare providers throughout the early stages of the national rollout of the Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare schemes.
Research investigating how parents make decisions about childcare and the impact on uptake of government childcare offers.
Places boosted even further with new measures to support childminders, and funding rates confirmed for all childcare providers ahead of historic rollout.
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