§ Ms BuckTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what assessment he has made of the relationship between the costs of child care in London and the child care component of the Working Families Tax Credit. [127004]
§ Dawn PrimaroloI have been asked to reply.
The child care tax credit within the Working Families Tax Credit is designed to help working families who incur eligible child care costs by providing a credit worth 70 per cent. of eligible child care costs of a maximum of £100 for families with one child and £150 for families with two or more children. Like all the other elements of the Working Families Tax Credit it is available at the same rates throughout the UK for to all families who qualify.