Petition · past parliament

Put a Childcare Levy in place to help working families with childcare costs.

Closed 61 signatures

What the petition asks

The majority of the existing childcare support options are income based and do not incentivise women to go back to work. To claim and access childcare support is difficult. Even though the government spends £7.5n in childcare support per year, it only covers a fraction of families’ childcare costs.
We need a well-rounded childcare infrastructure that helps working families with childcare costs and incentive women to go back to work. We need the government to incentivise companies to offer childcare arrangements as part of their benefits umbrella. We need a Childcare Levy to cover childcare costs of working parents for children up to the age of 5. We need a register of childcarers so that parents can leave their children in safe hands. www.childcarelevy.co.uk

Timeline

19 Sep 2018 Petition opened for signatures
19 Mar 2019 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 61
Status Closed
Opened 19 Sep 2018
Closed 19 Mar 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.