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…

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

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

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

This research explored parents’ experiences of using the childcare service during the trial to help identify and learn about areas that could be improved.

• 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

This report explored whether it would be possible to conduct research with childcare providers to collect historical childcare market information.

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

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

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Tax-Free Childcare quarterly statistics
• Organisation: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 20 November 2019

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

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Tax-Free Childcare quarterly statistics
• Organisation: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 21 August 2019

Early years provision for children under 5 years in the local authority maintained, private, voluntary and independent sectors in England.

• Document type: National Statistics
• Part of a collection: Statistics: childcare and early years
• Organisation: Department for Education
• Updated: 6 June 2019

Research into provider engagement with the 30 hours free childcare offer based on data from 2018.

• Document type: Research and analysis
• Organisation: Department for Education
• Updated: 28 March 2019

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

• Document type: Official Statistics
• Part of a collection: Tax-Free Childcare quarterly statistics
• Organisation: HM Revenue & Customs
• Updated: 13 February 2019

An evaluation of 8 trials of the free early education entitlement and the early innovators programme.

• Document type: Research and analysis
• Organisation: Department for Education
• Updated: 17 July 2017