Nursery World - Parents financially worse off since childcare voucher scheme closed, finds survey

More than 80 per cent of parents say they are worse off since childcare vouchers were closed to new entrants, leaving some reconsidering their career plans.

Nearly a year on since the childcare voucher scheme closed to parents, the Childcare Vouchers Providers Association (CVPA) surveyed parents, childcare providers and employers across the country about the impact it has had on them.

Of the 18,686 parents that took part in the survey, nine in ten were unable to benefit from the vouchers.

A total of 40 per cent said they are less likely to return to work and 84 per cent are reconsidering their future career plans as a result of the closure of the childcare voucher scheme.

The survey also found that more than 60 per cent of parents who have signed up for Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) find the process ‘problematic, unclear and confusing’.

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