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<p><strong>It is estimated that of the families that will directly benefit from the
Tax-Free Childcare scheme around 95% are couples and 5% are lone parents. </strong><strong>Based
on the best available data, we estimate that around half of these lone parents will
be either divorced or separated.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Working lone parents
are more likely to have lower income levels than working couples. More lone parents
will therefore receive support for childcare through Tax Credits and then subsequently
Universal Credit which is generally more generous than Tax-Free Childcare. </strong></p><p>
</p><p><strong>On the 18 March the Government published its response to the consultation
on design and operation of Tax-Free Childcare which sets out that where</strong><strong>
adults in a family are unable to reach agreement about which of them should claim,
HMRC will consider the facts of the case and make a decision. </strong></p><p> </p><p>
</p><p><strong>The resource requirements of the scheme will be settled once the scheme's
details have been finalised. </strong></p>
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