5. From 2 years
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5. From 2 years
Free childcare if you are on certain benefits
In England, you can get up to 15 hours of free approved childcare a week for 38 weeks of the year for your 2-year old if you get universal credit and your household income is £15,400 a year or less after tax (not including benefit payments) or if you get pension credit guarantee credit.
If your immigration status says you have ‘no recourse to public funds’ (see Chapter 51(2) ), you may still get free childcare for your 2-year-old. Your household income must be within set limits and you cannot have more than £16,000 in capital or savings.
Your 2-year-old can also get free childcare if they:
    ■are looked after by a local authority;
    ■have a current education, health and care plan;
    ■get disability living allowance; or
    ■have left care under a special guardianship, child arrangements or adoption order.
If you are eligible for free childcare under these rules and you are also eligible for free childcare because you are working (see 4 abov
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