How will extra free childcare for working families work? - BBC News
As concerns are raised about how the government will fulfil its pledge to boost free childcare for working families to 30 hours a week, the BBC News website asks key questions about how the scheme may work.
[h=2]How will the new scheme work?[/h]Many of the details are not yet clear.
The existing three- and four-year-old offer is a universal one, with nearly 90% of children of that age group accessing it.
The extra 15 hours, however, are for children from families where both parents are working.
It is not clear how much or how long parents will have to work in order to qualify for the extra childcare time and earlier reports of a £150,000 earnings threshold have since been denied.
Therefore, it is not clear how many children would be entitled to the scheme.
But ministers have said up to 600,000 families could benefit, saving each as much as £5,000 a year.
side note
that will work well, with single parents, an other loop hole in the free give away.
As concerns are raised about how the government will fulfil its pledge to boost free childcare for working families to 30 hours a week, the BBC News website asks key questions about how the scheme may work.
[h=2]How will the new scheme work?[/h]Many of the details are not yet clear.
The existing three- and four-year-old offer is a universal one, with nearly 90% of children of that age group accessing it.
The extra 15 hours, however, are for children from families where both parents are working.
It is not clear how much or how long parents will have to work in order to qualify for the extra childcare time and earlier reports of a £150,000 earnings threshold have since been denied.
Therefore, it is not clear how many children would be entitled to the scheme.
But ministers have said up to 600,000 families could benefit, saving each as much as £5,000 a year.
side note
that will work well, with single parents, an other loop hole in the free give away.