Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, Pursuant to the Answer of 30 January to Question 123438, on Children: Childcare, what estimate he has made of the number of parents who will not receive support for childcare through the Childcare Vouchers scheme for children aged 11 and over in the next five years.

The information requested in question 133960 is not available.

HMRC regularly engage with employers and attend employer events and forums to talk directly to employers about the benefits of Tax-Free Childcare. Resource and information about Tax-Free Childcare has been included in the HMRC employer bulletin, reaching over 750,000 employers.

Robust estimates are not available for the information requested in question 133963. The Government announced the closure of the childcare voucher scheme to new entrants at Budget 2016. Therefore, parents of 12 to 15 year olds have either decided not to join the voucher scheme or are unable to join the scheme because they are self-employed or their employer does not offer vouchers.

I refer the honourable member to the answer I gave on 30 January (124938) which provided our estimate of those parents who will be eligible for Tax-Free Childcare and those that receive childcare vouchers.

Tax-Free Childcare is now fully rolled out, and we will keep it under review to ensure it’s delivering the support needed for working families.