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Asked by Paula

AQW 4412/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Health

To ask the Minister of Health (i) when childcare for key workers will cease to be provided free of charge; and (ii) when and how key workers making use of the free childcare were notified that it is a taxable benefit.

Asked by Paula Bradshaw MLA on 1 June 2020

  • Answered
  • Written
Tabled
1 June 2020
Answer due by
16 June 2020
Answered
12 June 202011 days after tabling
Department
Department of Health
Priority question
No

Answer

The Belfast HSC Trust provided childcare free of charge on an interim basis to key workers between April and May 2020. The Department was not involved in the Belfast Trust’s decision to offer free childcare places to Trust employees, nor has the Department issued any instruction to the Trust to withdraw funding.

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