Working parents should be given 30 hours free childcare from 9 months in Wales

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

From September 2025, eligible working parents will be able to claim 30 hours of free childcare per week for their children from 9 months old.
In Wales eligible working parents are only able to claim 30 hours from 3 years old.
Wales need to be in line with England on childcare.

Working parents are having to cut paternity/maternity short to return to work due to poor SMP. When they do return childcare costs have risen considerably making it all most impossible for some to return to work. At the moment Wales only offers 30 hours childcare from 3 years old where England offer 30 hours from 9 months from September 2025.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Your petition is about something that the Welsh Government and Welsh Parliament is responsible for. That means that the UK Government and Parliament can't look into it.

The Welsh Parliament has its own Petitions Committee. If you'd like to send your petition to the Welsh Parliament, you can find out more here: https://petitions.senedd.wales/

You may also wish to raise this issue with your local Members of the Senedd who represent you. You can find out who your Members of the Senedd are and how to contact them here: https://senedd.wales/find-a-member-of-the-senedd/

Timeline

13 May 2025	Petition opened for signatures
23 May 2025	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 23 May 2025

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