We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services. You can change your cookie settings at any time. If you stop working you must report a change of circumstances in your Universal Credit account. You can get help with childcare costs for children under You might be able to apply for:. You could also get free hours childcare when your child is aged 2 to 4.
You can only get childcare vouchers if you have already joined a scheme. Tell government straight away if your circumstances change and you're getting:. If you're getting 30 hours free childcare or Tax-Free Childcare you have to confirm if your details are up to date every 3 months.
Your eligibility for support with childcare costs might also change. Your child starts primary school the September after they turn 4. You might be able to use help like tax credits or Tax-Free Childcare to pay for childcare like wraparound care, after school clubs or other activities. To help us improve GOV.
It will take only 2 minutes to fill in. If you have accepted a job offer you can claim for childcare costs for the month before you start work. Talk to your work coach as soon as possible about your job offer and the support options available. If your job comes to an end, you must tell the Department for Work and Pensions immediately.
Support with childcare costs can be claimed for at least a month after your employment ends to help you maintain your childcare as you move between jobs. The amount you earn can affect how much you receive from Universal Credit. If your earnings are higher than usual in an assessment period this can reduce your Universal Credit payments, including the help you get towards childcare costs. Read more about Universal Credit and work.
You cannot get help towards any payments that are being met or reimbursed by an employer or other support. You can apply for help towards any additional amount that is not covered elsewhere.
Earnings that are converted into childcare vouchers are not included when working out reductions to your Universal Credit payment. If you are getting Universal Credit and meet both the work conditions and childcare costs conditions , you will be reimbursed costs for childcare that has taken place and you have already paid for. If you pay for your childcare in advance, payments will be reimbursed in the normal way, which means the cost will be split across a maximum of 3 assessment periods.
At the end of each assessment period, the costs for childcare used in that assessment period will be reimbursed. If you pay and report advance childcare costs for a future assessment period, but no childcare actually takes place during that time, you will not be able to reclaim those costs as part of your Universal Credit claim.
Your childcare provider might ask to keep an advance payment, saying that it will cover your costs whenever your childcare resumes. Please note that you will only be able to reclaim these costs if the childcare resumes during the assessment period in which you made the payment, or within the next 2 assessment periods after that.
Your childcare provider might ask for a sum of money to keep a place for your child — this is sometimes known as a retainer. This is not eligible for reimbursement unless it is actually an advance payment for childcare costs. If you are a claiming with a partner both of you normally need to be in work to receive this help. However, you may be able to get childcare support if one of you is not working and is unable to provide childcare themselves because they:.
In some circumstances you can be treated as if you are in paid work while you are not working. Childcare support is available if you are claiming Universal Credit and are receiving:. Approved childcare can include care provided in school or in another place by a child minder, play-scheme, nursery or club. Your approved childcare provider should be able to provide you with a registration number. For more information see the Universal Credit childcare guide.
The Universal Credit childcare offer is part of the package of support available for parents and guardians, which may include free childcare for 15 or 30 hours a week. To find out more visit the Childcare Choices website. You can also read further information for families on Universal Credit, children and childcare.
Check whether you could be eligible for government childcare support using the Childcare Calculator. Watch this short guide for parents and guardians that sets out the steps to apply for 30 hours childcare and Tax-Free Childcare:.
In England and Scotland, your child can receive funded childcare if they have turned two-years-old and parents get benefits. Funded early learning and childcare is also available if your child is two or over and is or, since they turned two, has been:. The 15 hours funded childcare equates to 15 hours a week for 38 weeks of the year. Some providers will allow parents to stretch these hours over 52 weeks, using fewer hours per week, subject to a maximum of hours a year.
Visit your local council's website to find out how to claim your funded early learning and childcare place. You can also use the Scottish Government's Parent Club. In Wales, Flying Start is a Welsh Government-funded programme that helps families with children aged from birth to four-years-old in disadvantaged areas in Wales. The Flying Start childcare offer is made to parents of all eligible two-three-year-olds for 2.
Working parents give some of their salary in exchange for childcare vouchers received from their employer to pay towards childcare costs. The voucher scheme across the UK was scrapped for new joiners from October 4, However, if employees are currently receiving childcare vouchers they can continue in the scheme for as long as they remain eligible. They can do this by renewing their vouchers once a year. In , parents had to renew before the October 4, deadline.
Childcare vouchers are only available if your employer offers them. Only one parent needs to work to be eligible. There is no limit to the income a parent can earn to be eligible. Tax-free Childcare was launched by the government to replace childcare vouchers across the UK. For every 80p you spend on childcare you get an extra 20p on top. To be eligible for the scheme, you must be working parents including self-employed of a child under 12 or under 17 if disabled.
The scheme requires parents to set up special government online accounts, make regular payments and confirm eligibility every 90 days. Universal credit replaces working tax credit and child tax credit.
If you receive either of these two benefits, you cannot claim for Universal credit at the same time. You need to apply for Universal Credit online. You must include details of how much you pay for childcare. Universal Credit is paid once a month, usually into your bank or building society. It is paid twice a month for some people in Scotland.
Click here for a detailed guide on what moving from Child Tax Credits to Universal Credits will mean for you. Working Tax Credit is offered in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and is designed to top up your earnings if you work and are on a low income. However, it is being replaced by Universal Credit and most people now have to claim Universal Credit instead.
If parents work less than 24 hours a week between them, they can still claim if they are disabled or aged 60 or above and work at least 16 hours a week. But you must work at least 16 hours a week. It can take up to five weeks to process a new claim. Money is paid directly into your bank or building society account, every week or 4 weeks.
If you are a couple, you must choose one account. Child Tax Credit is a benefit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that helps with the costs of raising a child if you are on a low income.
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