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1. Do you care for children of school age (up to the age of 16):	Yes No
2. Are you a single parent?:	Yes No
3. Are you a grandparent who cares for your grandchild(ren)?:	Yes No
4. How old is your child(ren)? (if you care for more than one child, tick all that apply):	12 months or younger 13 months - 2 years 3 - 5 years 6 - 11 years 12 - 16 years
5. Do you use any of the following forms of childcare (tick all that apply):	Paid Nurseries Childminder Grandparents or other family members School holiday, breakfast or after school clubs Other (please specify below)

6. Does the child(ren) you are looking after have a disability or additional support needs?:	Yes No
7. Are you aware of any free childcare provision in your local area?:	Yes No
8. If you are aware of this support, have you used any of these options?:	Yes No I wanted to but was unable to secure hours in my local area
9. Do you claim any of the following? (Please tick all that apply):	Universal Credit Child Tax Credit Working Tax Credit Housing Benefit Council Tax Support
10. Do you pay for the childcare you use?:	Yes No
11. What are your normal hours of work each week?:	8 hours or less 9 - 15 hours 16 - 25 hours 26 - 34 hours 35 hours or more
12. How easy/difficult was it to find childcare that fitted round your hours of work?:	Very easy Easy A bit difficult Very difficult Impossible
13. Do you have any further comments about the costs or arrangements you use for childcare?:
14. Are you:	Female Male Non-binary Prefer not to say
15. Are you:	African African Caribbean Asian Other Black Minority Ethnic White Prefer not to say
16. Age:	16 - 22 23 - 27 28 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60+
17. Do you identify as disabled?:	Yes No
18. Do you live in:	England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland
19. Are you a member of Usdaw?:	Yes No
20. If not, would you like to join?:	Yes No
If yes, you can join online at: www.usdaw.org.uk/join:
If you would be happy to be contacted by the Union about your experiences please let us know your name and contact details.:
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