Dropping the eligibility cap for Tax-Free Childcare would free up £150m to pay for foster carers to access the 30 hours, the chair of the Education Select Committee has said.
Robert Halfon MP said it was ‘indefensible’ that foster carers were excluded from accessing the 30 hours and proposed cutting the earnings threshold from £100,000 per parent to £65,000.
He also said the 30 hours eligibility criteria should be changed so that unemployed parents could access it.
Mr Halfon said, ‘The exclusion of fostered children is indefensible. Foster carers raise some of society’s most vulnerable children, many of whom would benefit from high-quality childcare, which would help boost social development.
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