Extended childcare entitlement

policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/dfe/extended_childcare_entitlement/disability_criteria.yaml

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+description: The Department for Education exempts participants in these programs from work requirements of extended childcare entitlement. 
+metadata:
+  reference:
+    - title: The Childcare Regulations 2022 - Regulation 11A
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/1134/regulation/11A
+  period: year
+  unit: program
+  label: Extended childcare entitlement disability criteria
+values:
+  2015-09-01:
+    - carers_allowance  # 11A(1)(a): Section 70 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992
+    - incapacity_benefit  # 11A(1)(f, g): Incapacity Benefit under Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992
+    - is_disabled_for_benefits  # No direct match, but aligns with general disability-related eligibility
+    - is_enhanced_disabled_for_benefits  # No direct match, assumed to align with enhanced disability eligibility
+    - is_severely_disabled_for_benefits  # No direct match, assumed to align with severe disability eligibility
+    - esa_contrib  # 11A(1)(e): Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) under Welfare Reform Act 2007
+    - jsa_contrib  # Not explicitly listed in Regulation 11A, but likely relevant under other benefit schemes
+    - sda  # 11A(1)(h): Severe Disablement Allowance under Section 68 of Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992

policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/dfe/extended_childcare_entitlement/expense_rate.yaml

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+description: The Department for Education converts childcare hours into expenses for extended childcare entitlement at these rates, depending on the child's age.
+metadata:
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: year
+  amount_unit: currency-GBP
+  label: Extended childcare entitlement hourly rates by age
+  reference:
+    - title: Different Rates for Extended Childcare Entitlement
+      href: 
+        - https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/news/dfe-confirms-extended-30-hours-funding-rates-but-sector-says-they-dont-reflect-the-real-delivery-cost/
+        - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/childcare-settings-receive-cash-boost-as-funding-rates-increase
+    - title: Commons Library
+      href: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8052/
+
+brackets:
+  - threshold:
+      2015-01-01: 0
+    amount:
+      2015-01-01: 11.22
+  - threshold:
+      2015-01-01: 2
+    amount:
+      2015-01-01: 8.28
+  - threshold:
+      2015-01-01: 3
+    amount:
+      2015-01-01: 5.88

policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/dfe/extended_childcare_entitlement/hours.yaml

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+description: The Department for Education provides this number of free childcare hours per week through the extended childcare entitlement scheme, depending on the child's age.
+metadata:
+  type: single_amount
+  threshold_unit: year 
+  amount_unit: hour
+  label: Extended childcare entitlement hours by age
+  reference:
+    - title: Childcare Act 2016 - chapter 5.1
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/5 and https://www.gov.uk/check-eligible-free-childcare-if-youre-working
+
+brackets:
+  - threshold:
+      2015-01-01: 0
+    amount:
+      2015-01-01: 0
+  - threshold:
+      2015-01-01: 1
+      2025-01-01: 0.75
+    amount:
+      2015-01-01: 0
+      2025-01-01: 15
+      2026-01-01: 30
+  - threshold:
+      2015-01-01: 2
+    amount:
+      2015-01-01: 0
+      2024-01-01: 15
+      2026-01-01: 30
+  - threshold:
+      2015-01-01: 3
+    amount:
+      2015-01-01: 30
+  - threshold:
+      2015-01-01: 4
+    amount:
+      2015-01-01: 30
+  - threshold:
+      2015-01-01: 5
+    amount:
+      2015-01-01: 0

policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/dfe/extended_childcare_entitlement/income/countable_sources.yaml

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+description: The Department for Education includes these income sources when determining eligibility for extended childcare entitlement.
+metadata:
+  reference:
+    - title: The Childcare Payments (Eligibility) Regulations 2015 - Part 9 and 10
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111127063
+  period: year
+  unit: program
+  label: Extended childcare entitlement countable income sources
+values:
+  2015-01-01:
+    - employment_income
+    - self_employment_income

policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/dfe/extended_childcare_entitlement/income/limit.yaml

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+description: The Department for Education limits extended childcare entitlement eligibility to households where each parent's individual income is less than this amount.
+metadata:
+  unit: currency-GBP
+  period: year
+  label: Extended childcare entitlement individual income limit
+  reference:
+    - title: The Childcare Payments (Eligibility) Regulations 2015 - Regulation 15
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/448/regulation/15#commentary-key-e27c923eee152accd495af8425536e29
+values:
+  2015-01-01: 100_000

policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/dfe/extended_childcare_entitlement/minimum_weekly_hours.yaml

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+description: The Department for Education limits extended childcare entitlement to benefit units in which each spouse earns at least the product of their minimum wage and this number of hours per week.
+metadata:
+  period: year
+  unit: hour
+  label: Extended childcare entitlement weekly work hours minimum
+  reference:
+    - title: The Childcare Payments (Eligibility) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 - regulation 3
+      href: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/793/regulation/3/made
+values:
+  2016-01-01: 16

policyengine_uk/parameters/gov/dfe/extended_childcare_entitlement/weeks_per_year.yaml

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+description: The Department for Education provides extended childcare entitlement for these weeks per year.
+metadata:
+  period: year
+  unit: week
+  label: Extended childcare entitlement weeks per year
+  reference:
+    - title: Childcare Choices document - 15 and 30 hours childcare support
+      href: https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/15-and-30-hours-childcare-support/working-families/eligibility
+values:
+  2016-01-01: 38

policyengine_uk/tests/policy/baseline/gov/dfe/extended_childcare_entitlement/extended_childcare_entitlement_expenses.yaml

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+- name: Eligible for 30 hours - All conditions met
+  period: 2025
+  input:
+    age: 3  # Age 3+ gets 30 hours
+    is_child: false
+    extended_childcare_entitlement_meets_income_requirements: true
+    extended_childcare_entitlement_work_condition: true
+  output:
+    extended_childcare_entitlement: 6_703.2  
+
+- name: Eligible for 15 hours - All first conditions met
+  period: 2025
+  input:
+    age: 2  # Age 2 gets 15 hours
+    is_child: false
+    extended_childcare_entitlement_meets_income_requirements: true
+    extended_childcare_entitlement_work_condition: true
+  output:
+    extended_childcare_entitlement: 4_719.6  
+
+- name: Eligible for 15 hours - One condition did not meet
+  period: 2025
+  input:
+    age: 2  
+    is_child: false
+    extended_childcare_entitlement_meets_income_requirements: false
+    extended_childcare_entitlement_work_condition: true
+  output:
+    extended_childcare_entitlement: 0  # Not eligible
+
+- name: Eligible for mixed hours - Family with multiple children
+  period: 2025
+  input:
+    people:
+      parent1:
+        age: 35
+        is_child: false
+        extended_childcare_entitlement_meets_income_requirements: true
+        extended_childcare_entitlement_work_condition: 1
+      parent2:
+        age: 33
+        is_child: false
+        extended_childcare_entitlement_meets_income_requirements: true
+        extended_childcare_entitlement_work_condition: 1
+      child1:
+        age: 2  # 15 hours
+        is_child: true
+        extended_childcare_entitlement_meets_income_requirements: true
+        extended_childcare_entitlement_work_condition: 0
+      child2:
+        age: 3  # 30 hours
+        is_child: true
+        extended_childcare_entitlement_meets_income_requirements: true
+        extended_childcare_entitlement_work_condition: 0
+    benunits:
+      benunit1:
+        members: [parent1, parent2, child1, child2]
+  output:
+    extended_childcare_entitlement: 11_422.8 
+
+- name: Not eligible - Family with multiple children but conditions not met
+  period: 2025
+  input:
+    people:
+      parent1:
+        age: 35
+        is_child: false
+        extended_childcare_entitlement_meets_income_requirements: false
+        extended_childcare_entitlement_work_condition: 1
+      parent2:
+        age: 33
+        is_child: false
+        extended_childcare_entitlement_meets_income_requirements: false
+        extended_childcare_entitlement_work_condition: 1
+      child1:
+        age: 2
+        is_child: true
+        extended_childcare_entitlement_meets_income_requirements: false
+        extended_childcare_entitlement_work_condition: 0
+      child2:
+        age: 3
+        is_child: true
+        extended_childcare_entitlement_meets_income_requirements: false
+        extended_childcare_entitlement_work_condition: 0
+    benunits:
+      benunit1:
+        members: [parent1, parent2, child1, child2]
+  output:
+    extended_childcare_entitlement: 0  # Not eligible
+
+- name: Eligible with one working parent and one disabled parent
+  period: 2025
+  input:
+    people:
+      parent1:
+        age: 35
+        is_child: false
+        in_work: true
+        extended_childcare_entitlement_meets_income_requirements: true
+        extended_childcare_entitlement_work_condition: 1
+        incapacity_benefit: 0
+      parent2:
+        age: 33
+        is_child: false
+        in_work: false
+        extended_childcare_entitlement_meets_income_requirements: true
+        extended_childcare_entitlement_work_condition: 1
+        incapacity_benefit: 100  # Has disability exemption
+      child1:
+        age: 2  # 15 hours
+        is_child: true
+        extended_childcare_entitlement_meets_income_requirements: true
+        extended_childcare_entitlement_work_condition: 0
+      child2:
+        age: 3  # 30 hours
+        is_child: true
+        extended_childcare_entitlement_meets_income_requirements: true
+        extended_childcare_entitlement_work_condition: 0
+      child3:
+        age: 3  # 30 hours
+        is_child: true
+        extended_childcare_entitlement_meets_income_requirements: true
+        extended_childcare_entitlement_work_condition: 0
+    benunits:
+      benunit1:
+        members: [parent1, parent2, child1, child2, child3]
+        family_type: COUPLE_WITH_CHILDREN
+  output:
+    extended_childcare_entitlement: 18_126.0
+
+- name: No expenses for zero hours
+  period: 2025
+  input:
+    extended_childcare_entitlement_meets_income_requirements: false
+    extended_childcare_entitlement_work_condition: false
+  output:
+    extended_childcare_entitlement: 0  # Not eligible

policyengine_uk/tests/policy/baseline/gov/dfe/extended_childcare_entitlement/extended_childcare_entitlement_income_condition.yaml

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+- name: Under 18 meeting yearly threshold
+  period: 2025
+  input:
+    age: 17
+    employment_income: 10_400  
+  output:
+    extended_childcare_entitlement_meets_income_requirements: true
+
+- name: Age 20 meeting 18-20 yearly threshold
+  period: 2025
+  input:
+    age: 20
+    employment_income: 22_000 
+  output:
+    extended_childcare_entitlement_meets_income_requirements: true
+
+- name: Age 21+ meeting higher yearly threshold
+  period: 2025
+  input:
+    age: 25
+    employment_income: 29_600  # Above £2,379 * 4 = £9,516 yearly threshold
+  output:
+    extended_childcare_entitlement_meets_income_requirements: true
+
+- name: Under 18 below yearly threshold
+  period: 2025
+  input:
+    age: 16
+    employment_income: 5_000  # Below £5,324 yearly threshold
+  output:
+    extended_childcare_entitlement_meets_income_requirements: false
+
+- name: Age 18-20 - eligible
+  period: 2025
+  input:
+    age: 19
+    employment_income: 8_000
+  output:
+    extended_childcare_entitlement_meets_income_requirements: false
+
+- name: At maximum threshold
+  period: 2025
+  input:
+    age: 35
+    employment_income: 100_0000  # At assumed maximum threshold
+    adjusted_net_income: 100_0000
+  output:
+    extended_childcare_entitlement_meets_income_requirements: false