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862065

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 124788, what the evidential basis is for the Government’s estimation that parents with children under the age of twelve have higher childcare costs than parents with children under the age of fifteen.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	132484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government announced the closure of the childcare voucher scheme to new entrants at Budget 2016. Therefore, parents of 12 to 15 year olds have either decided not to join the voucher scheme or are unable to join the scheme because they are self-employed or their employer does not offer vouchers. Parents who meet the eligibility requirements will not necessarily have an employer who offers them.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the cost of childcare, by child age, is published by the Department for Education in table 4.7 of the additional tables document of the childcare and early years survey of parents, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017</a></p><p>The median childcare cost used in the table is the more accurate for comparing childcare costs as it is less affected by statistical outliers than the mean.</p><p> </p><p>The estimate of eligible families for Tax-Free Childcare was derived using Family Resource Survey which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2</a>. It is not possible break this down by local authority.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-Free Childcare has a wider reach than childcare vouchers. Unlike vouchers which are reliant on whether an employer chooses to offer them, all eligible parents are able to access the Tax-Free Childcare, including the self-employed. Only an estimated 5% of employers offer childcare vouchers.</p><p> </p><p>Data on how many parents intend to, or have stopped using childcare vouchers in order to use Tax-Free childcare is not available.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 132518 132519 132520 132521 question first answered 19/03/2018 16:31:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

862099

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has plans to publish information on the number of parents eligible for tax-free childcare by constituency.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	132518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government announced the closure of the childcare voucher scheme to new entrants at Budget 2016. Therefore, parents of 12 to 15 year olds have either decided not to join the voucher scheme or are unable to join the scheme because they are self-employed or their employer does not offer vouchers. Parents who meet the eligibility requirements will not necessarily have an employer who offers them.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the cost of childcare, by child age, is published by the Department for Education in table 4.7 of the additional tables document of the childcare and early years survey of parents, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017</a></p><p>The median childcare cost used in the table is the more accurate for comparing childcare costs as it is less affected by statistical outliers than the mean.</p><p> </p><p>The estimate of eligible families for Tax-Free Childcare was derived using Family Resource Survey which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2</a>. It is not possible break this down by local authority.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-Free Childcare has a wider reach than childcare vouchers. Unlike vouchers which are reliant on whether an employer chooses to offer them, all eligible parents are able to access the Tax-Free Childcare, including the self-employed. Only an estimated 5% of employers offer childcare vouchers.</p><p> </p><p>Data on how many parents intend to, or have stopped using childcare vouchers in order to use Tax-Free childcare is not available.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 132484 132519 132520 132521 question first answered 19/03/2018 16:31:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

862100

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2018 to Question 127416, whether his Department has plans to collect data on the number of parents who (a) plan to stop and (b) have stopped using childcare vouchers in order to use tax-free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	132519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government announced the closure of the childcare voucher scheme to new entrants at Budget 2016. Therefore, parents of 12 to 15 year olds have either decided not to join the voucher scheme or are unable to join the scheme because they are self-employed or their employer does not offer vouchers. Parents who meet the eligibility requirements will not necessarily have an employer who offers them.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the cost of childcare, by child age, is published by the Department for Education in table 4.7 of the additional tables document of the childcare and early years survey of parents, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017</a></p><p>The median childcare cost used in the table is the more accurate for comparing childcare costs as it is less affected by statistical outliers than the mean.</p><p> </p><p>The estimate of eligible families for Tax-Free Childcare was derived using Family Resource Survey which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2</a>. It is not possible break this down by local authority.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-Free Childcare has a wider reach than childcare vouchers. Unlike vouchers which are reliant on whether an employer chooses to offer them, all eligible parents are able to access the Tax-Free Childcare, including the self-employed. Only an estimated 5% of employers offer childcare vouchers.</p><p> </p><p>Data on how many parents intend to, or have stopped using childcare vouchers in order to use Tax-Free childcare is not available.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 132484 132518 132520 132521 question first answered 19/03/2018 16:31:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

862101

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2018 to Question 124451, what the evidential basis is for the Government’s estimate that 1.5 million families with childcare costs will be eligible for tax-free childcare; and for what reasons that estimated number differs from the number of families currently in receipt of childcare vouchers.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	132520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government announced the closure of the childcare voucher scheme to new entrants at Budget 2016. Therefore, parents of 12 to 15 year olds have either decided not to join the voucher scheme or are unable to join the scheme because they are self-employed or their employer does not offer vouchers. Parents who meet the eligibility requirements will not necessarily have an employer who offers them.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the cost of childcare, by child age, is published by the Department for Education in table 4.7 of the additional tables document of the childcare and early years survey of parents, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017</a></p><p>The median childcare cost used in the table is the more accurate for comparing childcare costs as it is less affected by statistical outliers than the mean.</p><p> </p><p>The estimate of eligible families for Tax-Free Childcare was derived using Family Resource Survey which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2</a>. It is not possible break this down by local authority.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-Free Childcare has a wider reach than childcare vouchers. Unlike vouchers which are reliant on whether an employer chooses to offer them, all eligible parents are able to access the Tax-Free Childcare, including the self-employed. Only an estimated 5% of employers offer childcare vouchers.</p><p> </p><p>Data on how many parents intend to, or have stopped using childcare vouchers in order to use Tax-Free childcare is not available.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 132484 132518 132519 132521 question first answered 19/03/2018 16:31:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

862102

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the effect on families with children between the age of 12 and 15 who (a) do not claim childcare vouchers before the closure of the scheme but would meet the scheme's eligibility requirements after its closure, and (b) cannot claim for tax-free childcare because of the age of their child.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	132521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government announced the closure of the childcare voucher scheme to new entrants at Budget 2016. Therefore, parents of 12 to 15 year olds have either decided not to join the voucher scheme or are unable to join the scheme because they are self-employed or their employer does not offer vouchers. Parents who meet the eligibility requirements will not necessarily have an employer who offers them.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the cost of childcare, by child age, is published by the Department for Education in table 4.7 of the additional tables document of the childcare and early years survey of parents, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017</a></p><p>The median childcare cost used in the table is the more accurate for comparing childcare costs as it is less affected by statistical outliers than the mean.</p><p> </p><p>The estimate of eligible families for Tax-Free Childcare was derived using Family Resource Survey which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2</a>. It is not possible break this down by local authority.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-Free Childcare has a wider reach than childcare vouchers. Unlike vouchers which are reliant on whether an employer chooses to offer them, all eligible parents are able to access the Tax-Free Childcare, including the self-employed. Only an estimated 5% of employers offer childcare vouchers.</p><p> </p><p>Data on how many parents intend to, or have stopped using childcare vouchers in order to use Tax-Free childcare is not available.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 132484 132518 132519 132520 question first answered 19/03/2018 16:31:02 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

862214

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Childcare Vouchers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Secretary of State for Education's oral contribution of 13th March 2018, Official Report, column 802, what discussions he has had with employers on the potential confusion over eligibility for childcare vouchers in the middle of the tax year.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	132633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs has published guidance on childcare vouchers which is regularly updated. The guidance can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs/childcare-vouchers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs/childcare-vouchers</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC are working with employers and representative bodies so that they understand and can advise their employees about the extension of the childcare vouchers scheme.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 132634 question first answered 19/03/2018 16:20:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

862215

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Education of 13 March 2018, Official Report, Column 802, what steps his Department is taking to alert (a) employers and (b) employees to the extension of the childcare vouchers scheme.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	132634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs has published guidance on childcare vouchers which is regularly updated. The guidance can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs/childcare-vouchers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs/childcare-vouchers</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC are working with employers and representative bodies so that they understand and can advise their employees about the extension of the childcare vouchers scheme.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 132633 question first answered 19/03/2018 16:20:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

862218

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Carer's Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27th February 2018 to Question 129366, what financial support he plans to provide to working parents of disabled children in full-time education aged 16 to 20 and whose earnings status makes them ineligible for carer's allowance.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Ms Marie Rimmer
uin	132637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>Low income households can be eligible for in-work benefits, such as Working Tax Credit, if the household works a minimum number of hours, for example a couple with children must work at least 24 hours, with one partner working at least 16 hours. The government is also reforming the current system of working age benefits. Universal Credit will ensure that individuals working more hours always end up with more income in their pockets.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/03/2018 16:21:22 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

862288

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution from the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions of 13 March 2018, Official Report, column 768, on what date he plans to provide further details of the roll out of childcare support in Northern Ireland similar to 30 hours of funded childcare in England.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	132707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>Early education is a devolved matter for a restored Northern Ireland Executive. We have delivered a successful 30 hours policy for working parents in England, and will provide advice to the Northern Ireland parties based on our experience of developing and administering policies in England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/03/2018 17:39:10 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

861110

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2018 to Question 126732, what the evidential basis is for HMRC’s estimation that less than one per cent of families eligible to receive tax-free childcare will not be able to use online services or access the internet.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	132259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>The estimate of those able to use online services or access the internet is based on research of the target market. HMRC commissioned research to understand parent’s digital capability and confidence to manage an online childcare account.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 16/03/2018 13:11:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell