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The forecasts for spending on Tax-Free Childcare can be found in table 4.17 of the OBR\u2019s Economic & Fiscal Outlook (https://cdn.obr.uk/March-2019_EFO_Web-Accessible.pdf<\/a>) and are contained in table 1 below, along with forecasts of the number of families and the proportion of eligible families using Tax-Free Childcare.<\/p>

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Table 1<\/p>

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Outturn<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Forecast<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2017/18<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2018/19<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2019/20<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2020/21<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2021/22<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2022/23<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2023/24<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

TFC Spending<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

£32m<\/p><\/td>

£0.1bn<\/p><\/td>

£0.3bn<\/p><\/td>

£0.4bn<\/p><\/td>

£0.6bn<\/p><\/td>

£0.8bn<\/p><\/td>

£1.0bn<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Number of Families Using TFC (at year end)<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

47,000<\/p><\/td>

0.1m<\/p><\/td>

0.3m<\/p><\/td>

0.4m<\/p><\/td>

0.5m<\/p><\/td>

0.6m<\/p><\/td>

0.8m<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Proportion of Eligible Families Using TFC<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

3%<\/p><\/td>

8%<\/p><\/td>

16%<\/p><\/td>

24%<\/p><\/td>

32%<\/p><\/td>

41%<\/p><\/td>

49%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/strong><\/p>

<\/strong><\/p>

Details on Tax-Free Childcare usage up to December 2018 can be found in the official statistics publication (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-december-2018<\/a>).<\/p>

<\/strong><\/p>

The statistics show that 90,800 families used Tax-Free Childcare in December 2018. This represents around 5.8 per cent of eligible families.<\/p>

<\/p>

The statistics also show that 256,900 families had an open Tax-Free Childcare account in December 2018, and that 35 per cent of these had been used during the month.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4097", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Elizabeth Truss"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South West Norfolk"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Elizabeth Truss"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-04-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "242848"} , {"_value" : "242850"} , {"_value" : "242852"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-04-23T07:04:44.603Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-04-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Children: Day Care"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of families estimated to be eligible for tax-free childcare have received such childcare in each year since its introduction.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4263", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lucy Powell"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Manchester Central"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lucy Powell"} ], "uin" : "242849"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1110774", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1110774/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The forecasts for spending on Tax-Free Childcare can be found in table 4.17 of the OBR\u2019s Economic & Fiscal Outlook (https://cdn.obr.uk/March-2019_EFO_Web-Accessible.pdf<\/a>) and are contained in table 1 below, along with forecasts of the number of families and the proportion of eligible families using Tax-Free Childcare.<\/p>

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Table 1<\/p>

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Outturn<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Forecast<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2017/18<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2018/19<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2019/20<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2020/21<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2021/22<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2022/23<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2023/24<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

TFC Spending<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

£32m<\/p><\/td>

£0.1bn<\/p><\/td>

£0.3bn<\/p><\/td>

£0.4bn<\/p><\/td>

£0.6bn<\/p><\/td>

£0.8bn<\/p><\/td>

£1.0bn<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Number of Families Using TFC (at year end)<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

47,000<\/p><\/td>

0.1m<\/p><\/td>

0.3m<\/p><\/td>

0.4m<\/p><\/td>

0.5m<\/p><\/td>

0.6m<\/p><\/td>

0.8m<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Proportion of Eligible Families Using TFC<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

3%<\/p><\/td>

8%<\/p><\/td>

16%<\/p><\/td>

24%<\/p><\/td>

32%<\/p><\/td>

41%<\/p><\/td>

49%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/strong><\/p>

<\/strong><\/p>

Details on Tax-Free Childcare usage up to December 2018 can be found in the official statistics publication (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-december-2018<\/a>).<\/p>

<\/strong><\/p>

The statistics show that 90,800 families used Tax-Free Childcare in December 2018. This represents around 5.8 per cent of eligible families.<\/p>

<\/p>

The statistics also show that 256,900 families had an open Tax-Free Childcare account in December 2018, and that 35 per cent of these had been used during the month.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4097", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Elizabeth Truss"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South West Norfolk"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Elizabeth Truss"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-04-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "242848"} , {"_value" : "242849"} , {"_value" : "242852"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-04-23T07:04:44.667Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-04-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Children: Day Care"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of families who will access tax-free childcare in each year up to 2025.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4263", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lucy Powell"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Manchester Central"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lucy Powell"} ], "uin" : "242850"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1110775", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1110775/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

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>

Details on Tax-Free Childcare usage up to December 2018 can be found in the official statistics publication (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-december-2018<\/a>).<\/p>

Details on 30 hours free childcare usage is published by the Department for Education (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility-codes-issued-and-validated<\/a>)<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4097", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Elizabeth Truss"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South West Norfolk"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Elizabeth Truss"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-04-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-04-23T07:10:05.93Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-04-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Children: Day Care"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of administering the tax-free childcare scheme.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4263", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lucy Powell"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Manchester Central"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lucy Powell"} ], "uin" : "242851"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 3, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }