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906284

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cost of Living: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to support families with the cost of living.
	tabling member constituency	Banbury
	tabling member printed	Victoria Prentis
	uin	905455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to helping families both earn more and keep more of what they earn. On 1<sup>st</sup> April 2018, the National Living Wage (NLW) increased by 4.4% to £7.83. This represents an annual pay rise of over £2,000 for a full-time worker since the NLW was introduced in April 2016. The Personal Allowance and Higher Rate Threshold also increased in line with CPI, to £11,850 and £46,350 respectively. These changes to income tax will help 31 million people and mean a typical basic rate taxpayer will pay £1,075 less income tax in 2018-19 then in 2010-11.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 21/05/2018 12:22:07 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis

795310

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Lewisham Deptford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid in working tax credits to people in Lewisham Deptford constituency in each year since 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	115731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Information on the amounts paid in Working Tax Credit to people in the Lewisham Deptford constituency in each year since 2013 can only be provided at disproportionate cost. Statistics on personal tax credits, including those entitled to Working Tax Credit, is produced at constituency level and published in Table 3 here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622524/Child_and_Working_Tax_Credits_statistics_finalised_annual_awards_-_geographical_analysis_2015_to_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622524/Child_and_Working_Tax_Credits_statistics_finalised_annual_awards_-_geographical_analysis_2015_to_2016.pdf</a></p><p>This includes information on tax credit entitlements.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/12/2017 14:34:44 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

872639

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Galileo System
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contribution the UK has made to the European Union's Global Satellite Navigation System to date.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
	uin	134453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK contributes to the EU budget as a whole, not the individual programmes.</p><p>Details of the UK’s contribution to the EU budget can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/european-union-finances-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/european-union-finances-2017</a></p><p>Details of the EU’s spending on programmes can be found here: <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/budget/figures/interactive/index_en.cfm" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/budget/figures/interactive/index_en.cfm</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/03/2018 12:04:46 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

872649

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Copernicus Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contribution the UK has made to the Copernicus Programme to date.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
	uin	134463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK contributes to the EU budget as a whole, not the individual programmes.</p><p>Details of the UK’s contribution to the EU budget can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/european-union-finances-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/european-union-finances-2017</a></p><p>Details of the EU’s spending on programmes can be found here: <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/budget/figures/interactive/index_en.cfm" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/budget/figures/interactive/index_en.cfm</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/03/2018 12:03:14 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

771328

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 7789, on day care, what proportion of parents who have successfully applied for tax-free childcare are self-employed.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	107743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The Childcare Choices website brings together all the government’s childcare offers into one place for the first time. It is the starting point for parents to find out about what government support they might be entitled to. Since its launch in March 2017, the website has over 1 million unique visitors. Parents can follow a link from Childcare Choices to the childcare service to apply for 30 hours free childcare and/or Tax-Free Childcare. From Childcare Choices they can also use the Childcare Calculator to work out which offer is best for them.</p><p> </p><p><em>Since the childcare service was launched in April, over 216,000 30 hours eligibility codes were generated for children who will be eligible for 30 hours free childcare in the autumn term, and Tax-Free Childcare accounts have been opened for more than 155,000 children. Whilst the majority of parents have applied with no issue, some parents have experienced difficulties. HMRC have apologised to those parents and are working with National Savings &amp; Investments (and their supplier Atos) to make a range of improvements to the childcare service. HMRC have arrangements in place to ensure that no parents miss out financially as a result of these issues.</em></p><p> </p><p>In relation to the numbers of childcare providers signed-up to deliver Tax-Free Childcare I refer the honorable member to my response to Parliamentary Question (105541) on 16 October 2017.</p><p> </p><p>To date, 14% of successful applicants for Tax-Free Childcare are self-employed or have a partner who is self-employed. These are people who would otherwise not have acess to supported childcare.</p><p> </p><p>A study into the feasibility of measuring the impact on the labour and childcare market impacts of Tax-Free Childcare was published in February 2016 and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/feasibility-study-into-evaluating-the-labour-and-childcare-market-impacts-of-tax-free-childcare-and-the-free-early-education-entitlement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/feasibility-study-into-evaluating-the-labour-and-childcare-market-impacts-of-tax-free-childcare-and-the-free-early-education-entitlement</a>. The Government has committed to carry out a post-implementation review, two years after the implementation of Tax-Free Childcare to evaluate the impact of the scheme, including on the childcare market.</p><p> </p><p>The parent application, account and helpline for Tax-Free Childcare are delivered by National Savings &amp; Investments, working their supplier Atos. The arrangements for performance management of National Savings &amp; Investments, including the performance of the childcare service, were described in response to a Parliamentary Question (105683) on 16 October 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Director General for Transformation at HM Revenue &amp; Customs, provided information on compensation arrangements in a letter to the Chair of the Treasury Select Committee on 4 October, found here:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/treasury/Correspondence/2017-19/Correspondence-hmrc-taxfree-childcare-compensation-041017.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/treasury/Correspondence/2017-19/Correspondence-hmrc-taxfree-childcare-compensation-041017.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>As announced at Budget 2016, Employer Supported Childcare schemes will close to new entrants from April 2018.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 107860 107861 107862 107873 107874 107892 question first answered 24/10/2017 11:39:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

771381

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	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, with reference to the Answer of 11 September 2015 to Question 8179 on children: day care, what recent assessment he has made of the link between the introduction of tax-free childcare and (a) the cost and (b) demand for childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	107892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The Childcare Choices website brings together all the government’s childcare offers into one place for the first time. It is the starting point for parents to find out about what government support they might be entitled to. Since its launch in March 2017, the website has over 1 million unique visitors. Parents can follow a link from Childcare Choices to the childcare service to apply for 30 hours free childcare and/or Tax-Free Childcare. From Childcare Choices they can also use the Childcare Calculator to work out which offer is best for them.</p><p> </p><p><em>Since the childcare service was launched in April, over 216,000 30 hours eligibility codes were generated for children who will be eligible for 30 hours free childcare in the autumn term, and Tax-Free Childcare accounts have been opened for more than 155,000 children. Whilst the majority of parents have applied with no issue, some parents have experienced difficulties. HMRC have apologised to those parents and are working with National Savings &amp; Investments (and their supplier Atos) to make a range of improvements to the childcare service. HMRC have arrangements in place to ensure that no parents miss out financially as a result of these issues.</em></p><p> </p><p>In relation to the numbers of childcare providers signed-up to deliver Tax-Free Childcare I refer the honorable member to my response to Parliamentary Question (105541) on 16 October 2017.</p><p> </p><p>To date, 14% of successful applicants for Tax-Free Childcare are self-employed or have a partner who is self-employed. These are people who would otherwise not have acess to supported childcare.</p><p> </p><p>A study into the feasibility of measuring the impact on the labour and childcare market impacts of Tax-Free Childcare was published in February 2016 and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/feasibility-study-into-evaluating-the-labour-and-childcare-market-impacts-of-tax-free-childcare-and-the-free-early-education-entitlement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/feasibility-study-into-evaluating-the-labour-and-childcare-market-impacts-of-tax-free-childcare-and-the-free-early-education-entitlement</a>. The Government has committed to carry out a post-implementation review, two years after the implementation of Tax-Free Childcare to evaluate the impact of the scheme, including on the childcare market.</p><p> </p><p>The parent application, account and helpline for Tax-Free Childcare are delivered by National Savings &amp; Investments, working their supplier Atos. The arrangements for performance management of National Savings &amp; Investments, including the performance of the childcare service, were described in response to a Parliamentary Question (105683) on 16 October 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Director General for Transformation at HM Revenue &amp; Customs, provided information on compensation arrangements in a letter to the Chair of the Treasury Select Committee on 4 October, found here:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/treasury/Correspondence/2017-19/Correspondence-hmrc-taxfree-childcare-compensation-041017.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/treasury/Correspondence/2017-19/Correspondence-hmrc-taxfree-childcare-compensation-041017.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>As announced at Budget 2016, Employer Supported Childcare schemes will close to new entrants from April 2018.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 107743 107860 107861 107862 107873 107874 question first answered 24/10/2017 11:39:01 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

771383

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	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 much funding HM Revenue and Customs has (a) set aside and (b) paid out to parents in compensation for not being able to access their tax-free childcare accounts.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	107874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The Childcare Choices website brings together all the government’s childcare offers into one place for the first time. It is the starting point for parents to find out about what government support they might be entitled to. Since its launch in March 2017, the website has over 1 million unique visitors. Parents can follow a link from Childcare Choices to the childcare service to apply for 30 hours free childcare and/or Tax-Free Childcare. From Childcare Choices they can also use the Childcare Calculator to work out which offer is best for them.</p><p> </p><p><em>Since the childcare service was launched in April, over 216,000 30 hours eligibility codes were generated for children who will be eligible for 30 hours free childcare in the autumn term, and Tax-Free Childcare accounts have been opened for more than 155,000 children. Whilst the majority of parents have applied with no issue, some parents have experienced difficulties. HMRC have apologised to those parents and are working with National Savings &amp; Investments (and their supplier Atos) to make a range of improvements to the childcare service. HMRC have arrangements in place to ensure that no parents miss out financially as a result of these issues.</em></p><p> </p><p>In relation to the numbers of childcare providers signed-up to deliver Tax-Free Childcare I refer the honorable member to my response to Parliamentary Question (105541) on 16 October 2017.</p><p> </p><p>To date, 14% of successful applicants for Tax-Free Childcare are self-employed or have a partner who is self-employed. These are people who would otherwise not have acess to supported childcare.</p><p> </p><p>A study into the feasibility of measuring the impact on the labour and childcare market impacts of Tax-Free Childcare was published in February 2016 and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/feasibility-study-into-evaluating-the-labour-and-childcare-market-impacts-of-tax-free-childcare-and-the-free-early-education-entitlement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/feasibility-study-into-evaluating-the-labour-and-childcare-market-impacts-of-tax-free-childcare-and-the-free-early-education-entitlement</a>. The Government has committed to carry out a post-implementation review, two years after the implementation of Tax-Free Childcare to evaluate the impact of the scheme, including on the childcare market.</p><p> </p><p>The parent application, account and helpline for Tax-Free Childcare are delivered by National Savings &amp; Investments, working their supplier Atos. The arrangements for performance management of National Savings &amp; Investments, including the performance of the childcare service, were described in response to a Parliamentary Question (105683) on 16 October 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Director General for Transformation at HM Revenue &amp; Customs, provided information on compensation arrangements in a letter to the Chair of the Treasury Select Committee on 4 October, found here:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/treasury/Correspondence/2017-19/Correspondence-hmrc-taxfree-childcare-compensation-041017.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/treasury/Correspondence/2017-19/Correspondence-hmrc-taxfree-childcare-compensation-041017.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>As announced at Budget 2016, Employer Supported Childcare schemes will close to new entrants from April 2018.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 107743 107860 107861 107862 107873 107892 question first answered 24/10/2017 11:39:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

771392

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	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, whether he has plans to extend the April 2018 deadline for childcare vouchers if the Childcare Service IT system is not fully operational.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	107860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The Childcare Choices website brings together all the government’s childcare offers into one place for the first time. It is the starting point for parents to find out about what government support they might be entitled to. Since its launch in March 2017, the website has over 1 million unique visitors. Parents can follow a link from Childcare Choices to the childcare service to apply for 30 hours free childcare and/or Tax-Free Childcare. From Childcare Choices they can also use the Childcare Calculator to work out which offer is best for them.</p><p> </p><p><em>Since the childcare service was launched in April, over 216,000 30 hours eligibility codes were generated for children who will be eligible for 30 hours free childcare in the autumn term, and Tax-Free Childcare accounts have been opened for more than 155,000 children. Whilst the majority of parents have applied with no issue, some parents have experienced difficulties. HMRC have apologised to those parents and are working with National Savings &amp; Investments (and their supplier Atos) to make a range of improvements to the childcare service. HMRC have arrangements in place to ensure that no parents miss out financially as a result of these issues.</em></p><p> </p><p>In relation to the numbers of childcare providers signed-up to deliver Tax-Free Childcare I refer the honorable member to my response to Parliamentary Question (105541) on 16 October 2017.</p><p> </p><p>To date, 14% of successful applicants for Tax-Free Childcare are self-employed or have a partner who is self-employed. These are people who would otherwise not have acess to supported childcare.</p><p> </p><p>A study into the feasibility of measuring the impact on the labour and childcare market impacts of Tax-Free Childcare was published in February 2016 and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/feasibility-study-into-evaluating-the-labour-and-childcare-market-impacts-of-tax-free-childcare-and-the-free-early-education-entitlement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/feasibility-study-into-evaluating-the-labour-and-childcare-market-impacts-of-tax-free-childcare-and-the-free-early-education-entitlement</a>. The Government has committed to carry out a post-implementation review, two years after the implementation of Tax-Free Childcare to evaluate the impact of the scheme, including on the childcare market.</p><p> </p><p>The parent application, account and helpline for Tax-Free Childcare are delivered by National Savings &amp; Investments, working their supplier Atos. The arrangements for performance management of National Savings &amp; Investments, including the performance of the childcare service, were described in response to a Parliamentary Question (105683) on 16 October 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Director General for Transformation at HM Revenue &amp; Customs, provided information on compensation arrangements in a letter to the Chair of the Treasury Select Committee on 4 October, found here:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/treasury/Correspondence/2017-19/Correspondence-hmrc-taxfree-childcare-compensation-041017.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/treasury/Correspondence/2017-19/Correspondence-hmrc-taxfree-childcare-compensation-041017.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>As announced at Budget 2016, Employer Supported Childcare schemes will close to new entrants from April 2018.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 107743 107861 107862 107873 107874 107892 question first answered 24/10/2017 11:39:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

771393

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	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 assessment he has made of the suitability of the IT system run by ATOS that operates tax-free childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	107861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The Childcare Choices website brings together all the government’s childcare offers into one place for the first time. It is the starting point for parents to find out about what government support they might be entitled to. Since its launch in March 2017, the website has over 1 million unique visitors. Parents can follow a link from Childcare Choices to the childcare service to apply for 30 hours free childcare and/or Tax-Free Childcare. From Childcare Choices they can also use the Childcare Calculator to work out which offer is best for them.</p><p> </p><p><em>Since the childcare service was launched in April, over 216,000 30 hours eligibility codes were generated for children who will be eligible for 30 hours free childcare in the autumn term, and Tax-Free Childcare accounts have been opened for more than 155,000 children. Whilst the majority of parents have applied with no issue, some parents have experienced difficulties. HMRC have apologised to those parents and are working with National Savings &amp; Investments (and their supplier Atos) to make a range of improvements to the childcare service. HMRC have arrangements in place to ensure that no parents miss out financially as a result of these issues.</em></p><p> </p><p>In relation to the numbers of childcare providers signed-up to deliver Tax-Free Childcare I refer the honorable member to my response to Parliamentary Question (105541) on 16 October 2017.</p><p> </p><p>To date, 14% of successful applicants for Tax-Free Childcare are self-employed or have a partner who is self-employed. These are people who would otherwise not have acess to supported childcare.</p><p> </p><p>A study into the feasibility of measuring the impact on the labour and childcare market impacts of Tax-Free Childcare was published in February 2016 and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/feasibility-study-into-evaluating-the-labour-and-childcare-market-impacts-of-tax-free-childcare-and-the-free-early-education-entitlement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/feasibility-study-into-evaluating-the-labour-and-childcare-market-impacts-of-tax-free-childcare-and-the-free-early-education-entitlement</a>. The Government has committed to carry out a post-implementation review, two years after the implementation of Tax-Free Childcare to evaluate the impact of the scheme, including on the childcare market.</p><p> </p><p>The parent application, account and helpline for Tax-Free Childcare are delivered by National Savings &amp; Investments, working their supplier Atos. The arrangements for performance management of National Savings &amp; Investments, including the performance of the childcare service, were described in response to a Parliamentary Question (105683) on 16 October 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Director General for Transformation at HM Revenue &amp; Customs, provided information on compensation arrangements in a letter to the Chair of the Treasury Select Committee on 4 October, found here:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/treasury/Correspondence/2017-19/Correspondence-hmrc-taxfree-childcare-compensation-041017.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/treasury/Correspondence/2017-19/Correspondence-hmrc-taxfree-childcare-compensation-041017.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>As announced at Budget 2016, Employer Supported Childcare schemes will close to new entrants from April 2018.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 107743 107860 107862 107873 107874 107892 question first answered 24/10/2017 11:39:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

771394

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	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 registered for the provision of tax-free childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	107862
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The Childcare Choices website brings together all the government’s childcare offers into one place for the first time. It is the starting point for parents to find out about what government support they might be entitled to. Since its launch in March 2017, the website has over 1 million unique visitors. Parents can follow a link from Childcare Choices to the childcare service to apply for 30 hours free childcare and/or Tax-Free Childcare. From Childcare Choices they can also use the Childcare Calculator to work out which offer is best for them.</p><p> </p><p><em>Since the childcare service was launched in April, over 216,000 30 hours eligibility codes were generated for children who will be eligible for 30 hours free childcare in the autumn term, and Tax-Free Childcare accounts have been opened for more than 155,000 children. Whilst the majority of parents have applied with no issue, some parents have experienced difficulties. HMRC have apologised to those parents and are working with National Savings &amp; Investments (and their supplier Atos) to make a range of improvements to the childcare service. HMRC have arrangements in place to ensure that no parents miss out financially as a result of these issues.</em></p><p> </p><p>In relation to the numbers of childcare providers signed-up to deliver Tax-Free Childcare I refer the honorable member to my response to Parliamentary Question (105541) on 16 October 2017.</p><p> </p><p>To date, 14% of successful applicants for Tax-Free Childcare are self-employed or have a partner who is self-employed. These are people who would otherwise not have acess to supported childcare.</p><p> </p><p>A study into the feasibility of measuring the impact on the labour and childcare market impacts of Tax-Free Childcare was published in February 2016 and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/feasibility-study-into-evaluating-the-labour-and-childcare-market-impacts-of-tax-free-childcare-and-the-free-early-education-entitlement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/feasibility-study-into-evaluating-the-labour-and-childcare-market-impacts-of-tax-free-childcare-and-the-free-early-education-entitlement</a>. The Government has committed to carry out a post-implementation review, two years after the implementation of Tax-Free Childcare to evaluate the impact of the scheme, including on the childcare market.</p><p> </p><p>The parent application, account and helpline for Tax-Free Childcare are delivered by National Savings &amp; Investments, working their supplier Atos. The arrangements for performance management of National Savings &amp; Investments, including the performance of the childcare service, were described in response to a Parliamentary Question (105683) on 16 October 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Director General for Transformation at HM Revenue &amp; Customs, provided information on compensation arrangements in a letter to the Chair of the Treasury Select Committee on 4 October, found here:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/treasury/Correspondence/2017-19/Correspondence-hmrc-taxfree-childcare-compensation-041017.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/treasury/Correspondence/2017-19/Correspondence-hmrc-taxfree-childcare-compensation-041017.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>As announced at Budget 2016, Employer Supported Childcare schemes will close to new entrants from April 2018.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 107743 107860 107861 107873 107874 107892 question first answered 24/10/2017 11:39:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq