Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HMRC takes to publicise closing dates for applications for funded childcare.

There are no closing dates for application for the Department for Education’s (DfE) funded hours offer. Parents must apply for a 30 hours code in the term before they want to take up a funded childcare place. This means that they must apply by:

• 31 August for a place from 1 September
• 31 December for a place from 1 January
• 31 March for a place from 1 April