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1140850

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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, if he will take steps in the forthcoming spending review to ensure that funding levels for childcare keep pace with the rising cost of living.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	280124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The government recognizes how important an issue childcare is to families with young children and we’re taking action to help people with the cost of living. That is why we will be spending almost £6 billion a year on childcare support in 2019/20 – a record amount. Spending decisions beyond 2019/20 will be considered in full at the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 24/07/2019 10:33:16 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1129973

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Concessions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will protect the concessionary bus pass in the forthcoming Spending Review.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	260537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Decisions on public spending, including on concessionary travel, will be made in the round as part of the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/06/2019 10:53:49 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

869444

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	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 Questions 124596 and 124597, on children: day care, for what reasons he did not answer the substantive questions in the answers provided.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	133958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested in question 133960 is not available.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC regularly engage with employers and attend employer events and forums to talk directly to employers about the benefits of Tax-Free Childcare. Resource and information about Tax-Free Childcare has been included in the HMRC employer bulletin, reaching over 750,000 employers.</p><p> </p><p>Robust estimates are not available for the information requested in question 133963. 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.</p><p> </p><p>I refer the honourable member to the answer I gave on 30 January (124938) which provided our estimate of those parents who will be eligible for Tax-Free Childcare and those that receive childcare vouchers.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-Free Childcare is now fully rolled out, and we will keep it under review to ensure it’s delivering the support needed for working families.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 133960 133962 133963 question first answered 27/03/2018 14:01:35 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

869446

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	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 to Question 124938 on Children: Day Care, how many and what proportion of recipients will receive the full £2,000 top-up under the tax-free childcare scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	133960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested in question 133960 is not available.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC regularly engage with employers and attend employer events and forums to talk directly to employers about the benefits of Tax-Free Childcare. Resource and information about Tax-Free Childcare has been included in the HMRC employer bulletin, reaching over 750,000 employers.</p><p> </p><p>Robust estimates are not available for the information requested in question 133963. 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.</p><p> </p><p>I refer the honourable member to the answer I gave on 30 January (124938) which provided our estimate of those parents who will be eligible for Tax-Free Childcare and those that receive childcare vouchers.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-Free Childcare is now fully rolled out, and we will keep it under review to ensure it’s delivering the support needed for working families.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 133958 133962 133963 question first answered 27/03/2018 14:01:35 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

869448

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	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 to Question 124938, Children: Child Care, what steps HMRC is taking to ensure that employers understand the merits of tax-free childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	133962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested in question 133960 is not available.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC regularly engage with employers and attend employer events and forums to talk directly to employers about the benefits of Tax-Free Childcare. Resource and information about Tax-Free Childcare has been included in the HMRC employer bulletin, reaching over 750,000 employers.</p><p> </p><p>Robust estimates are not available for the information requested in question 133963. 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.</p><p> </p><p>I refer the honourable member to the answer I gave on 30 January (124938) which provided our estimate of those parents who will be eligible for Tax-Free Childcare and those that receive childcare vouchers.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-Free Childcare is now fully rolled out, and we will keep it under review to ensure it’s delivering the support needed for working families.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 133958 133960 133963 question first answered 27/03/2018 14:01:35 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

869449

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	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 Answer of 30 January to Question 123438, on Children: Childcare, what estimate he has made of the number of parents who will not receive support for childcare through the Childcare Vouchers scheme for children aged 11 and over in the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	133963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested in question 133960 is not available.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC regularly engage with employers and attend employer events and forums to talk directly to employers about the benefits of Tax-Free Childcare. Resource and information about Tax-Free Childcare has been included in the HMRC employer bulletin, reaching over 750,000 employers.</p><p> </p><p>Robust estimates are not available for the information requested in question 133963. 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.</p><p> </p><p>I refer the honourable member to the answer I gave on 30 January (124938) which provided our estimate of those parents who will be eligible for Tax-Free Childcare and those that receive childcare vouchers.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-Free Childcare is now fully rolled out, and we will keep it under review to ensure it’s delivering the support needed for working families.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 133958 133960 133962 question first answered 27/03/2018 14:01:35 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

830372

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2018
	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 assessment he has made of the effect of closing Childcare Vouchers on families that cannot afford to spend £8000 per child on childcare each year.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	124938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>We estimate that 1.5 million families will be eligible for Tax-Free Childcare, and have childcare costs. We estimate that there are currently 600,000 families using childcare vouchers.</p><p>Those parents, including those with children aged over 11, will be able to continue to receive vouchers when the scheme closes to new entrants in April 2018, whilst they work for the same employer and that employer continues to offer them. Tax-Free Childcare provides a 25% top-up on money paid into an online account, which parents can use to pay their childcare provider. Parents can receive up to £2,000 per child, per year in Government top-up and there is no lower limit on deposits.</p><p>The introduction of Tax-Free Childcare is an opportunity for all employers to engage with working parents, not just the minority who offer childcare vouchers. HMRC are working with employers so that they understand and can advise their employees about the benefits of Tax-Free Childcare.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 124939 124940 question first answered 30/01/2018 13:03:25 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

830373

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2018
	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 with children over the age of 11 who previously claimed childcare vouchers will not receive support for childcare after the closure of that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	124939
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>We estimate that 1.5 million families will be eligible for Tax-Free Childcare, and have childcare costs. We estimate that there are currently 600,000 families using childcare vouchers.</p><p>Those parents, including those with children aged over 11, will be able to continue to receive vouchers when the scheme closes to new entrants in April 2018, whilst they work for the same employer and that employer continues to offer them. Tax-Free Childcare provides a 25% top-up on money paid into an online account, which parents can use to pay their childcare provider. Parents can receive up to £2,000 per child, per year in Government top-up and there is no lower limit on deposits.</p><p>The introduction of Tax-Free Childcare is an opportunity for all employers to engage with working parents, not just the minority who offer childcare vouchers. HMRC are working with employers so that they understand and can advise their employees about the benefits of Tax-Free Childcare.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 124938 124940 question first answered 30/01/2018 13:03:25 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

830374

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2018
	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 steps he is taking to support engagement between employers and employees on facilitating childcare after the closure of the childcare vouchers scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	124940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>We estimate that 1.5 million families will be eligible for Tax-Free Childcare, and have childcare costs. We estimate that there are currently 600,000 families using childcare vouchers.</p><p>Those parents, including those with children aged over 11, will be able to continue to receive vouchers when the scheme closes to new entrants in April 2018, whilst they work for the same employer and that employer continues to offer them. Tax-Free Childcare provides a 25% top-up on money paid into an online account, which parents can use to pay their childcare provider. Parents can receive up to £2,000 per child, per year in Government top-up and there is no lower limit on deposits.</p><p>The introduction of Tax-Free Childcare is an opportunity for all employers to engage with working parents, not just the minority who offer childcare vouchers. HMRC are working with employers so that they understand and can advise their employees about the benefits of Tax-Free Childcare.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 124938 124939 question first answered 30/01/2018 13:03:25 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

829819

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	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 commission a distributional impact assessment of his Department’s policy to close childcare vouchers.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	124596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>We believe it is right to support those on middle incomes, as well as those on lower incomes, with the cost of childcare. Whilst those on lower incomes will be able to access more generous support through tax credits or universal credit, both Employer-supported Childcare and Tax-free Childcare benefit those on middle and higher incomes, who are not in receipt of universal credit but may still find it difficult to manage the cost of childcare.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 124597 question first answered 29/01/2018 17:25:05 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe