| Heading: |
Childcare: Taxation |
| Question ID: |
1787408 |
| UIN: |
40391 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-21 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4827 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Claire Hanna
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| Asking Member handle: |
ClaireHanna
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@ClaireHanna
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to increase the childcare tax free cap in line with inflation. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-01 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4621 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Darren Jones
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| Answering Member handle: |
darrenpjones
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@darrenpjones
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| Answer text: |
The £2,000 Tax-Free Childcare top-up, which can be claimed per year and per child up to age 11 (and £4,000 per disabled child, up to age 16), was set at this level because it strikes the right balance between helping parents with their childcare costs, an... |
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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |