Extended childcare entitlement #1007
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| - title: Extended childcare entitlement guidance | ||
| href: https://www.gov.uk/check-eligible-free-childcare-if-youre-working?step-by-step-nav=f517cd57-3c18-4bb9-aa8b-1b907e279bf9 | ||
| values: | ||
| 2015-01-01: 0.75 |
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| 2015-01-01: 0.75 | |
| 2015-01-01: 0.75 # Nine months. | |
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| description: The department for education provides the extended childcare entitlement program eligibility to children from this minimum age. | |||
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| description: The department for education provides the extended childcare entitlement program eligibility to children from this minimum age. | |
| description: The Department for Education provides the extended childcare entitlement to children this age or older. |
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| unit: year | ||
| period: year | ||
| label: minimum age eligibility for extended childcare entitlement program (15 hours of free childcare) |
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| label: minimum age eligibility for extended childcare entitlement program (15 hours of free childcare) | |
| label: Minimum age for extended childcare entitlement |
| definition_period = YEAR # Evaluate eligibility on a yearly basis | ||
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| def formula(person, period, parameters): | ||
| """ |
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remove docstring - by convention we put these in the class attributes
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Refer to the program in filenames/paths/variables as extended_childcare_entitlement without the 15_hours, as that's a policy parameter.
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| # Calculate eligible income | ||
| total_income = person("total_income", period) | ||
| # Extract investment incomes to subtract |
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Where is this defined in the law? Let's make it a list parameter.
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| ).gov.dwp.extended_childcare_entitlement.income_thresholds | ||
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| required_threshold = income_limits.calc(age) * 4 |
| from policyengine_uk.model_api import * | ||
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| class extended_childcare_entitlement_income_requirements(Variable): |
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Same with filename, which should always match the variable name
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| class extended_childcare_entitlement_income_requirements(Variable): | |
| class extended_childcare_entitlement_income_eligible(Variable): |
| bool: True if the child is eligible for 30 hours, False otherwise. | ||
| """ | ||
| # Get the child's age | ||
| age = person("age", period) |
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| age = person("age", period) | |
| p = parameters(period).gov.dwp.extended_childcare_entitlement.eligibility | |
| return p.second_entitlement.calc(person("age", period)) |
| ) | ||
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| # Build conditions for Couples | ||
| is_couple = (benunit.sum(is_adult) == 2).astype(bool) |
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In general should almost never need to cast
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| is_couple = (benunit.sum(is_adult) == 2).astype(bool) | |
| is_couple = benunit.sum(is_adult) == 2 |
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Overview
This PR implements the 15/30-hour free childcare (working parent) scheme calculation in PolicyEngine UK. The scheme provides government contributions towards childcare costs for eligible families. (Documentation link)
Key Features
Fixes #1006