Increase 30 free hours childcare availability to cover 52 weeks per year
Increase the current offer of 30 free hours of childcare per week to cover 52 weeks instead of 38 weeks per year.
Signatures
383
signatures
Government response threshold (10,000) · 383/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 383/100,000
- 11 FEB 2026Petition opened for signaturesCreated by Lucy Pointon
Background
An estimated 4-5% of the UK workforce has term-time only contracts, yet the 30 hours free childcare is only offered for 38 weeks a year.