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Upfront Childcare Costs - guidance for work coaches on what “significantly increasing” hours means

Amalia Illgner
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I’m from the money team over at MoneySavingExpert and I cover benefits for the site.

We have been told previously by the DWP that the exact number of hours deemed significant was up to the discretion of individual work coaches, but that guidance “will be issued to work coaches in advance of 28 June”.

We’ve seen a few reports referencing guidance issued to work coaches around what constitutes “significantly increasing” work hours, namely that parents would need to increase their hours by “at least a few hours more every week”.

Has anyone seen the exact guidance that has been issued to work coaches?