PETITIONRejectedPetition · petition.parliament.uk

Working parents should be given 30 hours free childcare from 9 months in Wales

From September 2025, eligible working parents will be able to claim 30 hours of free childcare per week for their children from 9 months old. In Wales eligible working parents are only able to claim 30 hours from 3 years old. Wales need to be in line with England on childcare.

Last fetched 03 May 2026 · petition.parliament.uk

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Government response threshold (10,000) · 14/10,000

Debate threshold (100,000) · 14/100,000

Petition progress2 events · May 2025

23 MAY 2025
Petition rejected
irrelevant
Your petition is about something that the Welsh Government and Welsh Parliament is responsible for. That means that the UK Government and Parliament can't look into it. The Welsh Parliament has its own Petitions Committee. If you'd like to send your petition to the Welsh Parliament, you can find out more here: https://petitions.senedd.wales/ You may also wish to raise this issue with your local Members of the Senedd who represent you. You can find out who your Members of the Senedd are and how to contact them here: https://senedd.wales/find-a-member-of-the-senedd/
13 MAY 2025
Petition created

Background

Working parents are having to cut paternity/maternity short to return to work due to poor SMP. When they do return childcare costs have risen considerably making it all most impossible for some to return to work. At the moment Wales only offers 30 hours childcare from 3 years old where England offer 30 hours from 9 months from September 2025.