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839315

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Childcare Vouchers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of eligible employees of his Department use childcare vouchers.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	127869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>8.5% of eligible HM Treasury employees use childcare vouchers.</p><p> </p><p>The childcare voucher scheme is a salary sacrifice scheme which means that an employee agrees to a reduction in their taxable salary, and receives the equivalent amount in childcare vouchers instead.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/02/2018 12:07:50 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

838596

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many parents have stopped using childcare vouchers in order to use tax-free childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	127416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>HMRC are delivering the childcare service in partnership with National Savings &amp; Investments (NS&amp;I). Atos are a contractor to NS&amp;I. It is not the Government’s usual practice to comment on financial arrangements, or release correspondence, between departments and their contactors since they may be commercially sensitive.</p><p> </p><p>Data on how many parents have stopped using childcare vouchers in order to use Tax-Free childcare is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 127417 127427 question first answered 20/02/2018 12:14:35 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

838597

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish all recent correspondence between his Department and the companies contracted to deliver the website services responsible for the generation of eligibility codes for childcare policies, tax-free childcare and 30 hours of funded childcare on improvements requested to that website.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	127417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>HMRC are delivering the childcare service in partnership with National Savings &amp; Investments (NS&amp;I). Atos are a contractor to NS&amp;I. It is not the Government’s usual practice to comment on financial arrangements, or release correspondence, between departments and their contactors since they may be commercially sensitive.</p><p> </p><p>Data on how many parents have stopped using childcare vouchers in order to use Tax-Free childcare is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 127416 127427 question first answered 20/02/2018 12:14:35 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

838607

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which companies are contracted to provide the website services which generate eligibility codes for (a) tax-free childcare and (b) 30 hours of funded childcare; and whether those companies have been sanctioned for website faults.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	127427
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>HMRC are delivering the childcare service in partnership with National Savings &amp; Investments (NS&amp;I). Atos are a contractor to NS&amp;I. It is not the Government’s usual practice to comment on financial arrangements, or release correspondence, between departments and their contactors since they may be commercially sensitive.</p><p> </p><p>Data on how many parents have stopped using childcare vouchers in order to use Tax-Free childcare is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 127416 127417 question first answered 20/02/2018 12:14:35 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

839249

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	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 22 January 2018 to Question 124116 on Children: Daycare, how many of the callers to the childcare service helpline successfully completed their application for Tax-Free Childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	127803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Parents call the childcare service helpline for a variety of reasons relating to the Tax-Free Childcare or 30 hours free childcare schemes. HMRC does not hold data about the number of parents who call before or while making an application for Tax-Free Childcare subsequently submit an application.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department for Education is responsible for 30 hours free childcare guidance. The childcare service helpline provides advice to parents who have a change in circumstances.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 127804 question first answered 20/02/2018 12:52:18 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

839250

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department has issued on 30 hours free childcare provision to parents whose job circumstances change in the rolling three-month period.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	127804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Parents call the childcare service helpline for a variety of reasons relating to the Tax-Free Childcare or 30 hours free childcare schemes. HMRC does not hold data about the number of parents who call before or while making an application for Tax-Free Childcare subsequently submit an application.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department for Education is responsible for 30 hours free childcare guidance. The childcare service helpline provides advice to parents who have a change in circumstances.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 127803 question first answered 20/02/2018 12:52:18 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

838077

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	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 6 February 2018 to Question 126082 on Children: Day Care, whether his Department has requested technical improvements to the Childcare Choices website capability since 1 January 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	127082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Childcare Choices website (found at www.childcarechoices.gov.uk) provides information for parents on all government schemes which offer support towards childcare costs. The website helps parents to choose which form of government childcare support works best for them. The content of the website is regularly updated, and there have been no significant technical issues with the site since it was launched.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/02/2018 08:44:36 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

838646

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Employment: Mothers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the statement of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to the Treasury Committee of 31 January 2018, what her evidential basis is for there having been an increase in maternal employment of 6 per cent.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	127466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics has published statistics that show the employment rate of women with dependent children in England increased by 6.3 percentage points from 67.4 per cent in April-June 2010 to 73.7 per cent in April-June 2017, with 64 per cent of the increase amongst women working full time. We do not have an estimate of the hourly earnings of those women. https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/articles/familiesandthelabourmarketengland/2017</p><p> </p><p>Economic evidence from both the UK and internationally shows a positive effect of reduced childcare costs on female labour market participation. In the UK, the Institute for Fiscal Studies found that the fraction of mothers working or looking for work increases by 5.7 percentage points when their youngest child becomes eligible for free full-time care at school.</p><p> </p><p>The overall economic costs and benefit of parents moving into work will depend on a wide range of factors in both the short and long-term, and will vary significantly depending on the situation and characteristics of the family.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 127467 127468 127469 question first answered 20/02/2018 12:44:51 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

838647

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Living Wage: Mothers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the statement of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to the Treasury Committee of 31 January 2018, what (a) amount and (b) proportion of the 6 per cent increase in maternal employment she cited is paid at the National Living Wage.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	127467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics has published statistics that show the employment rate of women with dependent children in England increased by 6.3 percentage points from 67.4 per cent in April-June 2010 to 73.7 per cent in April-June 2017, with 64 per cent of the increase amongst women working full time. We do not have an estimate of the hourly earnings of those women. https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/articles/familiesandthelabourmarketengland/2017</p><p> </p><p>Economic evidence from both the UK and internationally shows a positive effect of reduced childcare costs on female labour market participation. In the UK, the Institute for Fiscal Studies found that the fraction of mothers working or looking for work increases by 5.7 percentage points when their youngest child becomes eligible for free full-time care at school.</p><p> </p><p>The overall economic costs and benefit of parents moving into work will depend on a wide range of factors in both the short and long-term, and will vary significantly depending on the situation and characteristics of the family.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 127466 127468 127469 question first answered 20/02/2018 12:44:51 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

838648

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Employment: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the effect of childcare costs on female participation in the labour market.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	127468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics has published statistics that show the employment rate of women with dependent children in England increased by 6.3 percentage points from 67.4 per cent in April-June 2010 to 73.7 per cent in April-June 2017, with 64 per cent of the increase amongst women working full time. We do not have an estimate of the hourly earnings of those women. https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/articles/familiesandthelabourmarketengland/2017</p><p> </p><p>Economic evidence from both the UK and internationally shows a positive effect of reduced childcare costs on female labour market participation. In the UK, the Institute for Fiscal Studies found that the fraction of mothers working or looking for work increases by 5.7 percentage points when their youngest child becomes eligible for free full-time care at school.</p><p> </p><p>The overall economic costs and benefit of parents moving into work will depend on a wide range of factors in both the short and long-term, and will vary significantly depending on the situation and characteristics of the family.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 127466 127467 127469 question first answered 20/02/2018 12:44:52 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell