Extend free childcare hours to parents who are working on student placements

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Extend free childcare hours to parents who are working on student placements

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I would like the free childcare hours for working parents extended to cover those on students placements, e.g student nurses, doctors etc.

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Currently free childcare hours are only available to working parents if they are paid the equivalent of 16 hours per week at minimum wage. Students on placements often work more hours than this in a week (but as it in unpaid it doesn't count) alongside their studying and yet still have to find time to work an additional 16 hours of paid work to qualify for free childcare hours. We believe this is a huge barrier to many students with children from continuing or starting their studies.

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