§ Judy MallaberTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate he has made of the cost of raising the maximum child care element of the working tax credit from 70 per cent. of the costs of eligible child care to(a) 80 per cent., (b) 90 per cent. and (c) 100 per cent. [136777]
§ Dawn PrimaroloI have been asked to reply.
Such increases are likely to prompt substantial changes in the amount spent on eligible child care. No reliable estimates are available of the sizes of these changes, and therefore of the total costs.