| Heading: |
Universal Credit: Childcare |
| Question ID: |
1815164 |
| UIN: |
61698 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-20 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5293 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Cat Eccles
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| Asking Member handle: |
catecclesstour
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@catecclesstour
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to replace the provision of upfront childcare costs with Universal Credit with advance payments. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-26 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Answer text: |
There are currently no plans to change the way upfront childcare costs are paid. Claimants of the Universal Credit childcare element can claim upfront childcare costs through the Flexible Support Fund, to help ease them into the Universal Credit childcare... |
| Original answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |