Funded childcare for 2 year olds

Economic criteria

Your 2-year-old can access up to 570 hours of funded early education and childcare a year, if you receive one of the following eligible benefits:

• income Support
• income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
• income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
• Universal Credit, and your household income is £15,400 a year or less after tax, not including benefit payments
• tax credits, and your household income is £16,190 a year or less before tax
• support through part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act
• the guaranteed element of Pension Credit
• the Working Tax Credit 4-week run on (the payment you get when you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credits)