Recommendation 11

The range of childcare support schemes available to parents is complex, and they need access to good quality, timely information to make the best decisions about 48 Universal Credit and childcare costs their finances. We recommend the Department for Work and Pensions develop a single portal for childcare on the current Childcare Choices model: crucially, this must include information and calculations on payments for Universal Credit childcare claimants that is integrated with advice on other programmes. (Paragraph 77) Childcare Industry