AQO 3785/22-27 Oral question to the Minister of Finance
To ask the Minister of Finance for an update on discussions with the UK Government on raising the level of tax-free childcare.
Asked by Michelle Guy MLA on 11 June 2026
- Answered
- Oral
- After due date
- Tabled
- 11 June 2026
- Answer due by
- 23 June 2026
- Answered
- 24 June 202613 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Finance
- Priority question
- No
Answer
I have raised this issue with the Chief Secretary of the Treasury at Finance: Interministerial Standing Committee (or “F:ISC”) meetings; and my officials have also engaged with their counterparts in Treasury regarding the Tax-Free Childcare scheme.
I understand that the Department for Education in Whitehall is leading a cross-departmental review of childcare and early years provision, within which Tax-Free Childcare is in scope.
I therefore do not anticipate any changes to the scheme prior to the conclusion of that review.