Free childcare is expanding for working parents in England - but why is it not available in Northern Ireland? And why do parents here feel far behind the rest of the UK when it comes to financial childcare help? Read all about it in our Q&A:
But unlike in England, Scotland and Wales, there is no scheme for free childcare in Northern Ireland.Working parents can get some support for childcare costs from UK-wide schemes, such as tax credits, universal credit, childcare vouchers and tax-free childcare.
In Northern Ireland a staff member in childcare can look after three children up to the age of two and five aged between two and three.The childcare system in Northern Ireland is different to that in the rest of the UK All three and four-year-olds are also entitled to up to 1,140 hours of funded early learning and childcare a year.Two-year-olds from the most deprived parts of Wales receive 12-and-a-half for free under the Flying Start Scheme.The free childcare scheme the chancellor is extending in England does not exist in Northern Ireland.But there is likely to be some benefit to Stormont's public finances as a result of the childcare announcement in England.
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