Official Statistics

Tax-Free Childcare Statistics, September 2025

These statistics provide information about families using Tax-Free Childcare.

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Tax-Free Childcare Statistics provides information on the numbers of families and children with open and used Tax-Free Childcare accounts and the amount of government top-up they have received. The statistics also include open and used accounts:

  • for disabled children

  • by UK regions

  • by child age

This is a quarterly publication.

Corrections have been made to some figures in Table 1 within accompanying spreadsheet and charts 1, 2 and 10 in the commentary. Government top-up figures appearing in Table 1 column I, for months July-September 2025, were incorrect and have been changed. Government top-up figures originally appearing in Table 2 column I were correct and have not been changed. A change has also been made to Table 1 column H, total used as % total open accounts. The formula used in this column has been corrected and as a result all values in this column have changed.

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Published 3 December 2025
Last updated 5 March 2026 show all updates
  1. Corrections have been made to some figures in Table 1 within accompanying spreadsheet and charts 1, 2 and 10 in the commentary. Government top-up figures appearing in Table 1 column I, for months July-September 2025, were incorrect and have been changed. Government top-up figures originally appearing in Table 2 column I were correct and have not been changed. A change has also been made to Table 1 column H, total used as % total open accounts. The formula used in this column has been corrected and as a result all values in this column have changed.

  2. First published.

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