Source · Select Committees · Education Committee
Recommendation 10
10
Accepted
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Improve awareness of childcare support and reduce complexity for parents
Recommendation
Parental choice should be at the heart of any Early Years Care and Education policy to allow parents to choose what works best for their family. We welcome the Government’s acknowledgement that parents who need or want to work require more support for childcare costs when their children are younger than 3 years old. The Government must improve awareness of the support available and reduce the complexity of the ECEC system for the Spring Budget changes to be effective in supporting parents who need or want to get back to work.
Government Response Summary
The government, to improve awareness, has committed an additional £1.2 million to the ongoing Childcare Choices marketing campaign, aiming to drive engagement with the website that brings together information on various support schemes.
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93
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
7. To support families with the cost of childcare, we continue to deliver the existing mixture of entitlements and additional support. This includes the early education entitlements for disadvantaged 2-year-olds and all 3- and 4-year-olds, as well as support via Tax-Free Childcare and Universal Credit childcare support. So that every parent across the UK can access the support they are entitled to, the Government committed an additional £1.2 million to support the ongoing Childcare Choices marketing campaign to drive awareness and engagement with the Childcare Choices website, by bringing together in one place the support available through Universal Credit, TFC, and DfE’s 15- and 30-hours early education entitlements.