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<p>HMRC administer Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare through the childcare
service. The average annual operating cost for the childcare service over the five
years to 2021/22 is estimated as £34.1m.</p><p> </p><p>Details on Tax-Free Childcare
usage up to December 2018 can be found in the official statistics publication (<a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-december-2018"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-december-2018</a>).</p><p>Details
on 30 hours free childcare usage is published by the Department for Education (<a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility-codes-issued-and-validated"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility-codes-issued-and-validated</a>)</p>
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