https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-march-2019<\/a>
In March 2019 there were 313,000 families with an open Tax-Free Childcare account.<\/p> <\/p>
In March 2019 there were 125,000 families with a used Tax-Free Childcare account.<\/p>
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Table 3 shows the numbers of open and used accounts for families with a self-employed parent. The proportion of families with a used account that have a self-employed parent in March 2019, was 19,000/125,000 or 15%.<\/p>
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In March 2019, there were 900 disabled children in receipt of Tax-Free Childcare.<\/p>
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The information published in these statistics comprises all months since the policy was launched in April 2017 to March 2019. A further update, including the months April to June 2019, will be published in August.<\/p>
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Since Tax-Free Childcare was launched in April 2017 and up to May 2019, 8,500 accounts have been closed.<\/p>"}
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