Research and statistics

A research report and data tables summarising mixed methodology research into the impact of Tax-Free Childcare on parental labour market participation.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 21 September 2023

• The impact of Tax-Free Childcare on the labour market participation of working parents

  The impact of Tax-Free Childcare on the labour market participation of…

The Shared Parental Leave (SPL) evaluation report assesses whether the implementation of Shared Parental Leave achieved its original objectives.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: Department for Business and Trade
• Updated: 4 July 2023

Quarterly statistics about Maternity Allowance claims paid from 1 September to 30 November 2022.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Maternity Allowance: quarterly statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 16 May 2023

A research report summarising findings from quantitative research exploring attitudes to digitisation among the Child Benefit populations.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 11 May 2023

Statistics about the policy that provides support for a maximum of 2 children in Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit, which came into effect in April 2017. They include statistics relating to the exceptions to the policy.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit claimants: statistics related to the policy to provide support for a maximum of 2 children
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions and 1 others
• Updated: 14 July 2022

HMRC commissioned research to understand the barriers to compliance.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 26 May 2022

Research to explore whether perceptions of Tax-Free Childcare, including the name itself, are a barrier to take-up, and whether alternative names might improve take-up.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 27 January 2022

Research to explore the barriers to take-up of Tax-Free Childcare, understand the extent to which these barriers are interrelated and identify any changes since the initial wave.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 27 January 2022

HMRC carried out 2 surveys in June and July 2021 to understand how COVID-19 had impacted Tax-Free Childcare customers use of formal childcare and whether it would continue to do so.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 27 January 2022

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• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Abstract of DWP benefit rate statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 25 January 2022

Statistics about the policy that provides support for a maximum of 2 children in Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit claimants: statistics related to the policy to provide support for a maximum of 2 children
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions and 1 others
• Updated: 23 July 2021

HMRC carried out 2 surveys to learn how COVID-19 affected demand for Tax-Free Childcare in late 2020 and in 2021.

• Document type: Research
• Part of a collection: HM Revenue and Customs: Research Working Papers
• Organisation: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 25 March 2021

Research to track the experiences of parents and childcare providers throughout the early stages of the national rollout of the Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare schemes.

• Document type: Research
• Organisation: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 3 September 2020

Preliminary estimates of the Child Maintenance outcomes of parents following contact with Child Maintenance (CM) Options.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Child maintenance arrangements made after speaking to CM Options and 1 others
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 13 May 2020

Quarterly statistics about Maternity Allowance claims paid from 1 June to 31 August 2019.

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Maternity Allowance: quarterly statistics
• Organisation: Department for Work and Pensions
• Updated: 18 February 2020

This research explored any barriers or issues preventing childcare providers’ signing-up to Tax-Free Childcare.

• Document type: Research and analysis
• Organisation: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 14 February 2020

Research exploring which families are likely to benefit from the scheme.

• Document type: Research and analysis
• Organisation: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 14 February 2020

This research examined responses to correspondence sent to parents and childcare providers as part of the scheme.

• Document type: Research and analysis
• Organisation: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 14 February 2020

A report outlining key findings from the first 4 waves of the HMRC Customer Experience Survey on Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare.

• Document type: Research and analysis
• Organisation: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 14 February 2020

Research investigating how parents make decisions about childcare and the impact on uptake of government childcare offers.

• Document type: Research and analysis
• Organisation: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 14 February 2020