Planning to register and claim for the UK Nursery Authority (UKNA) from September? The childcare team are asking for volunteers to take part in user testing and provide feedback on some of the products required to register and claim the UKNA reimbursement.
If you haven’t heard about UKNA, read the announcement from March 2026:
Transformative new childcare support will save Defence families up to £6000 a year - GOV.UK
Criteria for taking part in the testing:
- Service personnel (SP) must be Regular or FTRS (FC)
- SP with children aged 9 months to 2 years old living in Scotland or Wales, and SP with children aged 9 months to 4 years old living in Northern Ireland.
- SP that are currently paying for childcare at a registered childcare provider.
- SP that use a Tax-Free Childcare account to pay their provider.
- SP that have sufficient time available to test the product and provide feedback to the team.
If you fit the criteria and would like to take part in the user testing, please contact the Defence childcare team at people-affs-child-expenses@mod.gov.uk