Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to review the monthly salary sacrifice cap for existing users of the childcare voucher scheme, in the context of (a) cumulative inflation and (b) increased average childcare costs since the threshold was last set.

This question was answered on 8th September 2025
Childcare Vouchers are now closed to new entrants, and the Government has no plans to reopen or reform them. Existing users can continue to use them as long as they remain with their current employer, the employer continues to offer Vouchers, and their contract of employment remains the same.

Tax-Free Childcare has been introduced to replace Childcare Vouchers. Tax-Free Childcare is a fairer scheme than Childcare Vouchers, as it broadens access to childcare to all families who meet the eligibility criteria, whether they are an employee or self-employed and regardless of who their employer is.