The Save Childcare Vouchers campaign publicised the figures, which are taken from the Family Resources Survey 2007-2008, carried out for the Department of Work and Pensions, which contains the latest available data.
Separate research published last week by Computershare Voucher Services, the UK's largest voucher provider, found that 74 per cent of childcare voucher users are basic rate taxpayers. The poll of 1,800 parents found that 60 per cent would consider leaving their jobs if tax relief on vouchers is phased out.
Simon Moore, managing director of Computershare Voucher Services, criticised the Government for not consulting with the childcare voucher industry before announcing its plans. He said, 'We are now trying to encourage a debate and put the facts on the table. The Government made three assertions to justify the abolishing of tax relief on childcare vouchers - that they were poorly targeted, inappropriately used, and only taken up by large companies. All these assertions are inaccurate.'
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