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731514

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average call response time was to calls made to the Tax-Free Childcare helpline in (a) May and (b) June 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>As of 22 June 2017, the Tax-Free Childcare helpline has answered over 80,000 phone calls from parents and over 40,000 calls from childcare providers. The average call response time is 4 seconds.</p><p>As of 22 June 2017 almost 50,000 parents had successfully applied for Tax-Free Childcare and over 40,000 childcare providers had signed up.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2017, the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast that there would be 790,000 families using TFC by the end of 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 222 223 224 228 question first answered 26/06/2017 15:23:36 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

731520

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	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 signed up for the Tax-Free Childcare scheme to date.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>As of 22 June 2017, the Tax-Free Childcare helpline has answered over 80,000 phone calls from parents and over 40,000 calls from childcare providers. The average call response time is 4 seconds.</p><p>As of 22 June 2017 almost 50,000 parents had successfully applied for Tax-Free Childcare and over 40,000 childcare providers had signed up.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2017, the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast that there would be 790,000 families using TFC by the end of 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 222 223 224 225 question first answered 26/06/2017 15:23:36 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

731606

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	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 estimate he has made of the number of parents who will sign up for Tax-Free Childcare in 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>As of 22 June 2017, the Tax-Free Childcare helpline has answered over 80,000 phone calls from parents and over 40,000 calls from childcare providers. The average call response time is 4 seconds.</p><p>As of 22 June 2017 almost 50,000 parents had successfully applied for Tax-Free Childcare and over 40,000 childcare providers had signed up.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2017, the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast that there would be 790,000 families using TFC by the end of 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 223 224 225 228 question first answered 26/06/2017 15:23:36 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

731608

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	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 childcare providers have signed up to provide Tax-Free Childcare to date.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>As of 22 June 2017, the Tax-Free Childcare helpline has answered over 80,000 phone calls from parents and over 40,000 calls from childcare providers. The average call response time is 4 seconds.</p><p>As of 22 June 2017 almost 50,000 parents had successfully applied for Tax-Free Childcare and over 40,000 childcare providers had signed up.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2017, the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast that there would be 790,000 families using TFC by the end of 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 222 224 225 228 question first answered 26/06/2017 15:23:36 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

731609

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many phonecalls HM Revenue and Customs has received from parents and childcare providers on Tax-Free Childcare to date.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>As of 22 June 2017, the Tax-Free Childcare helpline has answered over 80,000 phone calls from parents and over 40,000 calls from childcare providers. The average call response time is 4 seconds.</p><p>As of 22 June 2017 almost 50,000 parents had successfully applied for Tax-Free Childcare and over 40,000 childcare providers had signed up.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2017, the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast that there would be 790,000 families using TFC by the end of 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 222 223 225 228 question first answered 26/06/2017 15:23:36 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

64308

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of his Department's consumption in kWh of (a) gas and (b) electricity in each month since June 2010; and what the cost of such consumption has been in each such month.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	202703
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Education has cut its annual energy bill by £1.4m since 2009-10 through reduced energy consumption, and has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 38% in the same period.</p><p>Emission reductions from energy use have largely been achieved through low and no cost energy efficiency measures, estate rationalisation (by using space more efficiently and co-locating with other organisations), and by operating our remaining buildings even more efficiently.</p><p>The Department's monthly gas and electricity consumption and associated costs since June 2010 are set out below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Electricity kWh </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Electricity Cost £</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gas kWh </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Gas Cost £</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-10</strong></p></td><td><p>1,164,652</p></td><td><p>85,441</p></td><td><p>133,998</p></td><td><p>£8,879</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul-10</strong></p></td><td><p>1,158,378</p></td><td><p>129,719</p></td><td><p>64,158</p></td><td><p>£9,054</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-10</strong></p></td><td><p>1,019,308</p></td><td><p>120,186</p></td><td><p>17,736</p></td><td><p>£9,137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-10</strong></p></td><td><p>1,009,662</p></td><td><p>25,431</p></td><td><p>61,799</p></td><td><p>£1,789</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct-10</strong></p></td><td><p>972,048</p></td><td><p>81,233</p></td><td><p>168,543</p></td><td><p><strong> *</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nov-10</strong></p></td><td><p>955,120</p></td><td><p>73,194</p></td><td><p>341,850</p></td><td><p>£3,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec-10</strong></p></td><td><p>917,993</p></td><td><p>72,450</p></td><td><p>1,368,357</p></td><td><p>£1,318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-11</strong></p></td><td><p>924,050</p></td><td><p>68,914</p></td><td><p>502,246</p></td><td><p>£8,286</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb-11</strong></p></td><td><p>892,663</p></td><td><p>148,902</p></td><td><p>528,895</p></td><td><p>£5,817</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-11</strong></p></td><td><p>923,772</p></td><td><p>87,202</p></td><td><p>492,273</p></td><td><p>£32,115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-11</strong></p></td><td><p>1,017,920</p></td><td><p>83,562</p></td><td><p>176,334</p></td><td><p>£14,114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-11</strong></p></td><td><p>1,091,733</p></td><td><p>56,831</p></td><td><p>157,050</p></td><td><p>£8,133</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-11</strong></p></td><td><p>1,149,462</p></td><td><p>139,208</p></td><td><p>97,030</p></td><td><p>£11,247</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul-11</strong></p></td><td><p>1,128,281</p></td><td><p>93,764</p></td><td><p>56,856</p></td><td><p>£6,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-11</strong></p></td><td><p>1,126,637</p></td><td><p>125,550</p></td><td><p>69,121</p></td><td><p>£1,501</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-11</strong></p></td><td><p>1,117,836</p></td><td><p>101,759</p></td><td><p>96,013</p></td><td><p>£749</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct-11</strong></p></td><td><p>1,124,928</p></td><td><p>175,773</p></td><td><p>166,233</p></td><td><p>£6,537</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nov-11</strong></p></td><td><p>1,117,066</p></td><td><p>120,616</p></td><td><p>541,299</p></td><td><p>£3,603</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec-11</strong></p></td><td><p>1,056,743</p></td><td><p><strong> *</strong></p></td><td><p>422,178</p></td><td><p>£15,183</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-12</strong></p></td><td><p>1,115,270</p></td><td><p>231,972</p></td><td><p>504,487</p></td><td><p>£6,691</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb-12</strong></p></td><td><p>1,064,718</p></td><td><p>119,303</p></td><td><p>547,419</p></td><td><p>£16,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-12</strong></p></td><td><p>1,145,769</p></td><td><p>116,169</p></td><td><p>402,004</p></td><td><p>£55,082</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-12</strong></p></td><td><p>1,045,229</p></td><td><p>145,955</p></td><td><p>369,636</p></td><td><p>£14,405</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-12</strong></p></td><td><p>1,141,570</p></td><td><p>26,511</p></td><td><p>253,486</p></td><td><p><strong> *</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-12</strong></p></td><td><p>1,020,091</p></td><td><p>102,484</p></td><td><p>107,956</p></td><td><p>£17,461</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul-12</strong></p></td><td><p>1,095,095</p></td><td><p>314,717</p></td><td><p>52,479</p></td><td><p>£31,834</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-12</strong></p></td><td><p>1,111,575</p></td><td><p>161,023</p></td><td><p>21,057</p></td><td><p>£10,461</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-12</strong></p></td><td><p>1,030,509</p></td><td><p>246,659</p></td><td><p>107,429</p></td><td><p>£7,395</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct-12</strong></p></td><td><p>1,115,679</p></td><td><p>122,926</p></td><td><p>402,196</p></td><td><p>£6,622</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nov-12</strong></p></td><td><p>1,077,060</p></td><td><p>188,350</p></td><td><p>459,877</p></td><td><p>£42,443</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec-12</strong></p></td><td><p>1,028,372</p></td><td><p>7,344</p></td><td><p>562,851</p></td><td><p><strong> *</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-13</strong></p></td><td><p>1,121,535</p></td><td><p>150,753</p></td><td><p>695,526</p></td><td><p>£42,660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb-13</strong></p></td><td><p>996,349</p></td><td><p>252,524</p></td><td><p>662,816</p></td><td><p>£40,218</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-13</strong></p></td><td><p>1,064,972</p></td><td><p>194,770</p></td><td><p>622,653</p></td><td><p>£42,909</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-13</strong></p></td><td><p>1,038,319</p></td><td><p>64,507</p></td><td><p>480,835</p></td><td><p>£61,685</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-13</strong></p></td><td><p>1,025,212</p></td><td><p>13,813</p></td><td><p>355,353</p></td><td><p>£4,905</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-13</strong></p></td><td><p>986,704</p></td><td><p>267,484</p></td><td><p>125,280</p></td><td><p>£37,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul-13</strong></p></td><td><p>1,152,464</p></td><td><p>129,589</p></td><td><p>63,823</p></td><td><p>£7,838</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug-13</strong></p></td><td><p>1,075,626</p></td><td><p>162,988</p></td><td><p>52,313</p></td><td><p>£5,566</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-13</strong></p></td><td><p>1,026,536</p></td><td><p>126,590</p></td><td><p>91,021</p></td><td><p>£22,527</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct-13</strong></p></td><td><p>1,039,324</p></td><td><p>265,576</p></td><td><p>326,262</p></td><td><p>£6,066</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nov-13</strong></p></td><td><p>1,003,941</p></td><td><p>148,285</p></td><td><p>336,372</p></td><td><p>£7,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec-13</strong></p></td><td><p>1,024,778</p></td><td><p>13,976</p></td><td><p>374,204</p></td><td><p>£16,265</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-14</strong></p></td><td><p>1,046,875</p></td><td><p>241,727</p></td><td><p>536,348</p></td><td><p>£38,947</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb-14</strong></p></td><td><p>946,677</p></td><td><p>138,250</p></td><td><p>529,496</p></td><td><p>£12,458</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-14</strong></p></td><td><p>934,054</p></td><td><p>133,878</p></td><td><p>302,627</p></td><td><p>£44,219</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr-14</strong></p></td><td><p>864,231</p></td><td><p>17,558</p></td><td><p>190,423</p></td><td><p>£18,783</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May-14</strong></p></td><td><p>899,711</p></td><td><p>226,815</p></td><td><p>251,680</p></td><td><p>£23,591</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><em>* </em></strong><em>Gaps in financial data are due to delayed billing cycles and inaccurate consumption estimates made by the supplier. </em></p><p>The core department's electricity is purchased via the Crown Commercial Service energy framework from renewable sources, and is therefore, exempt from the Climate Change Levy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 03/07/2014 16:27:04 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

44023

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's planned capital departmental expenditure limit will be in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
	tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
	uin	192822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education's latest published planned capital departmental expenditure limit is set out in the recently published 2013-14 ‘Supplementary Estimate Memorandum' (Annex D), which can be accessed via the following link.</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/Education/DFE%20201314%20Supp%20Estimate%20Memorandum%20FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/Education/DFE%20201314%20Supp%20Estimate%20Memorandum%20FINAL.pdf</a></p><p>A copy has been placed in the House Library.</p><p>The information will be updated when the Main 2014-15 Estimate is published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

47208

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contractual arrangements his Department has with Professor Julian Le Grand; and how much he has been paid.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	195602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>In March 2013, my Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, appointed Professor Julian Le Grand as Chair of a panel undertaking a review of Doncaster Children's Services, as announced in a letter dated 25 March 2013 to the then Mayor of Doncaster, Peter Davies. The letter is published on the Department's website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/doncaster-childrens-care-direction-for-improvement-march-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/doncaster-childrens-care-direction-for-improvement-march-2013</a>. Professor Le Grand submitted his Report to Ministers in May 2013. Professor Le Grand was subsequently asked by my hon. Friend, the Minister for Children and Families, to chair another panel to consider ways forward for Birmingham's Children's Social Care Services, as announced in a letter to the leader of Birmingham Council, Albert Bore, on 29 November 2013. The letter is also published on the Department's website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/edward-timpson-writes-to-birmingham-city-council" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/edward-timpson-writes-to-birmingham-city-council</a>. The Report of this work was submitted to Ministers in February 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Professor Le Grand received no remuneration for his work on either Review. The Department for Education met reasonable travel, accommodation and other expenses for Professor Le Grand which were wholly, exclusively and necessarily incurred in relation to this work in accordance with the Department's policies.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

168933

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Pollinators
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take to support bees and pollinators.
	tabling member constituency	Pudsey
	tabling member printed	Stuart Andrew
	uin	906569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>Taking action to support pollinators is a key part of my priorities to improve the natural environment and grow the rural economy.</p><p><br>Bees and other insect pollinators are vital to the diversity of our environment. They play an essential role in contributing to our £100bn food industry and are worth £400m to the economy. They face many threats and some species are in decline.</p><p>This is why we have published the National Pollinator Strategy on 4th November, a 10 year plan to build solid foundations to bring about the best possible conditions for pollinators to flourish.</p><p><br>The Government is committed to taking action to support pollinators across all types of land across our country, enhancing the response to pest and disease risks, and to improving our evidence base.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/12/2014 15:56:22 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew

381821

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Food: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take to promote British food and drink exports.
	tabling member constituency	Pudsey
	tabling member printed	Stuart Andrew
	uin	900421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The agri-food sector is worth over £100bn and employs one in eight people. The food and drink manufacturing sector – largest in the UK - exported nearly £19bn last year, including chocolates to Belgium, pork to China and chillies to India.</p><p> </p><p>Supporting and encouraging businesses to take the opportunities that exporting presents is one of my Department’s top priorities. Officials are working with the industry and UKTI to develop a new Action Plan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 900420 900422 question first answered 18/06/2015 15:26:06 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew