Written questions

Extended Services: Universal Credit

Commons · Question 22896 · Tabled 9 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 14 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Damian Hinds

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether costs for (a) before-school breakfast and (b) after-school clubs and programmes for children of (I) primary (II) secondary school age are eligible for reimbursement through universal credit as c

Answer

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms, 14 Jan 2025

Universal Credit childcare support is paid to eligible Universal Credit customers in work for childcare for children up to the age of 16 and can be considered for the costs of wraparound childcare, including breakfast and afterschool clubs. Childcare prov...