Submitted on Sunday 24th July 2022
Rejected on Monday 1st August 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Make childcare affordable by subsiding from 1 year old
Make childcare work. Subsidise all childcare from 1 year old. Support families to support themselves by subsidising childcare. Simplify funding criteria, meaningfully subsidise early years and holiday club childcare; to make it affordable to all families and children in the UK.
The government offers, the childcare element of universal credit, funding for 2-year-olds from low-income families, 15- and 30-hour funding for 3-year-olds and the childcare tax-free account. This is not enough to support parents to work, even part-time after maternity/paternity leave. At an average of £52 per day for a two-year-old attending nursery (Daynurseries, May 2022), 3 days per week and using the childcare tax-free account the fees would be £540.80 monthly. How is this affordable?
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you are concerned about the cost of childcare, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
We could accept a petition calling for the Government to extend funding for free childcare to parents of one year olds, but it's not clear what other changes you want the Government to make to how it supports parents or childcare providers.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
We could only accept a petition about childcare in England, as responsibility for childcare in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are a matter for the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive, not the UK Government or Parliament.
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