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date	12/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Childcare: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the childcare tax free cap.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	21426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare provides financial support for working parents with their childcare costs. For every £8 parents pay into their childcare account, the Government adds £2 up to a maximum of £2,000 in top up per year for each child up to age 11 and up to £4,000 per disabled child until they’re 17.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognizes the importance of supporting parents with the costs of childcare and continues to support families with a range of other childcare offers, including the free hours offer, and support through Universal Credit childcare.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 17/04/2024 13:07:51 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

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date	03/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Childcare: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing (a) business rates and (b) issuing VAT refunds for (i) nurseries and (ii) childcare providers to help with increases in the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	139305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>At Autumn Statement 2022, the Government announced a package of changes and tax cuts worth £13.6 billion to businesses over the next five years. This includes a freeze to the business rates multiplier for 2023-24, a tax cut worth £9.3 billion over the next 5 years, meaning all bills are 6% lower than without the freeze. The Government also announced a generous Exchequer funded Transitional Relief scheme worth £1.6 billion, which will protect an estimated 700,000 ratepayers facing bill increases at the revaluation.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no plans to re-introduce a nurseries relief at this time.</p><p> </p><p>While we keep all taxes under review, we have no plans to make changes to the VAT exemption which private nurseries and childcare providers currently enjoy.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 09/02/2023 12:34:38 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan