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<p>Tax-Free Childcare provides financial support for working parents with their childcare
costs. For every £8 parents pay into their childcare account, the Government adds
£2 up to a maximum of £2,000 in top up per year for each child up to age 11 and up
to £4,000 per disabled child until they are 17.</p><p> </p><p>The £2,000 Tax-Free
Childcare top up has been set at this level because the Government believes it strikes
the right balance between helping parents with their childcare costs, and managing
the public finances in a responsible way.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed
to supporting parents with their childcare costs. At Spring Budget 2023, the Government
announced that it will expand the free childcare hours offer, so that eligible working
parents in England will be able to access 30 hours of free childcare per week for
38 weeks per year from when their child is 9 months old, to when they start school.
Through this expansion, the government will be more than doubling its spend on free
hours.</p>
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