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<p>Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) 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’re 17. Take-up of Tax-Free Childcare has
continued to increase and is on a steady upward trajectory: at the end of September
2022 (the most recent data) an estimated 401,000 families used Tax-Free Childcare
for 478,000 children, compared to 391,000 families for 468,000 children in June 2022.
The Government spent £44 million on TFC top-up for families in September 2022.</p><p>
</p><p>Additional childcare support is available: all three- and four-year-olds can
access 15 hours of free childcare per week, regardless of circumstance. Eligible working
parents of three- and four-year-olds can also access an additional 15 hours of free
childcare per week, also known as 30 hours free childcare. Moreover, Universal Credit
(UC) claimants are able to claim up to 85% of their childcare costs.</p><p><strong>
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