Amendment of the Childcare Act 2006
19.—(1) The Childcare Act 2006(1) is amended as follows.
(2) After section 6(2)(a)(i) (duty to secure sufficient childcare for working parents), insert—
“(ia)the provision of childcare in respect of which an amount in respect of childcare costs may be included under section 12 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 in the calculation of an award of universal credit, and”.
(3) In section 83 (supply of information to HMRC and local authorities)—
(a)in the heading, after “Supply of information to” insert “the Secretary of State,”,
(b)in subsections (1) and (2), after “prescribed information to” insert “the Secretary of State,”, and
(c)in subsection (3), after paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa)in the case of information to be provided to the Secretary of State, information which the Secretary of State may require for the purposes of the Secretary of State’s functions in relation to universal credit;”.