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999727

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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 Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications for a tax-free childcare account have been started but not completed.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	187121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available. Extensive analysis would be required to identify robust data on the number of childcare service applications that were started but subsequently not completed which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 06/11/2018 15:23:48 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

997851

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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 Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax-free childcare accounts have (a) been created and (b) had at least one payment made from that account to date.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	185722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>To date more than 391,000 parents have opened a Tax–Free Childcare account and over 109,000 parents have used their account to make a payment to a childcare provider.</p><p> </p><p>Around 313,000 of the parents who have opened a Tax-Free Childcare account applied at the same time as for 30 hours free childcare. 30 hours free childcare saves parents using the full 30 hours up to £5,000 per child per year.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-Free Childcare account usage is substantially higher amongst parents who get Tax-Free Childcare only, compared to parents who have both a Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare account.</p><p> </p><p>8,265 Tax-Free Childcare accounts have been closed since the scheme launched in April 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 185723 question first answered 05/11/2018 16:34:52 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

997852

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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 Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many parents have closed a tax-free childcare account since that policy was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	185723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>To date more than 391,000 parents have opened a Tax–Free Childcare account and over 109,000 parents have used their account to make a payment to a childcare provider.</p><p> </p><p>Around 313,000 of the parents who have opened a Tax-Free Childcare account applied at the same time as for 30 hours free childcare. 30 hours free childcare saves parents using the full 30 hours up to £5,000 per child per year.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-Free Childcare account usage is substantially higher amongst parents who get Tax-Free Childcare only, compared to parents who have both a Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare account.</p><p> </p><p>8,265 Tax-Free Childcare accounts have been closed since the scheme launched in April 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 185722 question first answered 05/11/2018 16:34:52 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

993760

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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 Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made for the number of children with disabilities that are in receipt of tax-free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	182877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>There are currently 2,290 live Tax-Free Childcare accounts for disabled children.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 26/10/2018 11:08:54 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

988717

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
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 Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many parents in Northern Ireland applied for tax free childcare in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	180155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The table below provides the number of parents in Northern Ireland who have applied for Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) in each of the last three years. TFC was trialled in 2016 and launched in April 2017.</p><p>We are promoting the scheme across the UK, including a marketing campaign which launched on 10 September 2018, to increase awareness and take-up of Tax-Free Childcare.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Years</p></td><td><p>Total Number of Applications</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,039</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,044</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,093</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,301</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/10/2018 14:22:46 question first ministerially corrected 14/11/2018 13:36:18 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss previous answer version 80216 answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

986383

registered interest
date	12/10/2018
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 Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the number of parents who have benefited from tax-free childcare to date is higher than the projection in the March 2014 forecast.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	178540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>We estimate that there are 1.5 million families with qualifying childcare costs that are eligible for Tax-free Childcare.</p><p> </p><p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answers I gave on 17 September 2018 (173624).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 178526 question first answered 17/10/2018 14:31:23 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

986384

registered interest
date	12/10/2018
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 Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many parents were projected to benefit from tax-free childcare by October 2018.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	178526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>We estimate that there are 1.5 million families with qualifying childcare costs that are eligible for Tax-free Childcare.</p><p> </p><p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answers I gave on 17 September 2018 (173624).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 178540 question first answered 17/10/2018 14:31:23 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

984841

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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 Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2018 to Questions 129224, 129229, 129231 on Childcare Vouchers Wakefield, when he plans to make that information by constituency available.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	177665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>We have no plans to publish information on the use of childcare vouchers or eligibility for tax free childcare by constituency as we do not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 15/10/2018 13:04:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

982514

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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 Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of whether low-income families will benefit more from childcare vouchers or tax-free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	176018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answers I gave on 25 June 2018 and to the Honourable Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North (155282).</p><p> </p><p>I also refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 17 September 2018 to the Honourable Member for Barnsley East (173624).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 176019 question first answered 12/10/2018 09:31:15 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

982515

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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 Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families have paid into a tax-free childcare account as at 11 September 2018.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	176019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answers I gave on 25 June 2018 and to the Honourable Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North (155282).</p><p> </p><p>I also refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 17 September 2018 to the Honourable Member for Barnsley East (173624).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 176018 question first answered 12/10/2018 09:31:15 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams