Armed Forces: Children
(asked on 19th July 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number of service personnel who would use the Wraparound Childcare scheme.
This question was answered on 5th September 2022
On the 29 July 2022 the Defence Secretary announced the full UK rollout of the Wraparound Childcare (WAC) scheme, commencing from the beginning of the school autumn term this year. Within the first year of a full UK rollout of the Wraparound Childcare scheme, it is estimated that up to twenty thousand children could benefit and up to £64 million has been set aside for the 2022-23 financial year to meet this potential demand.