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856018

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2018
	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 23 February 2018 to Question 128525 on Children: Day Care, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of childcare support to those that do not have access to the internet.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	131184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>HMRC and DfE are delivering a communications and engagement programme. This campaign caters both for parents with and without access to the internet. Parents without internet access will be able to obtain information from their employers, childcare providers, industry stakeholders, parent groups and local authorities who HMRC has provided with information and downloadable leaflets.</p><p>HMRC and DfE are also working with the Family Information Service, Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG), Citizens Advice Bureaux and Job Centre Plus to raise awareness of the childcare support available to families.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 12/03/2018 12:40:29 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

857081

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2018
	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 1 March 2018 to Question 129573 on Children: Day Care, whether the reason for closing an account is recorded.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	131593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>HMRC does not currently record the reason why a childcare account is closed.</p><p> </p><p>12,188 families opened Tax-Free Childcare accounts in February 2018.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 131601 question first answered 12/03/2018 12:37:25 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

857089

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2018
	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, how many tax-free childcare accounts were opened in February 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	131601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>HMRC does not currently record the reason why a childcare account is closed.</p><p> </p><p>12,188 families opened Tax-Free Childcare accounts in February 2018.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 131593 question first answered 12/03/2018 12:37:25 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

858519

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2018
	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, how much compensation has been paid (a) in total, (b) on average for individual claims and (c) to what number of people for failings of the Childcare Service website.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	131774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The vast majority of parents have been able to apply for and use Tax-Free Childcare without difficulty. Where parents have missed out on Tax-Free Childcare payments HMRC will pay compensation to reimburse them.</p><p> </p><p>As at 12 March 2018, HMRC has paid a total of £1,880,859 to parents in lieu of missed Tax-Free Childcare payments and the average payment was £280. HMRC also makes redress payments to recompense parents for inconvenience and expenses such as telephone calls to the helpline. At 12 March 2018 HMRC had paid a total of £96,751in redress to parents and the average payment was £62.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 14/03/2018 12:24:37 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

860541

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2018
	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, whether parents of disabled children are entitled to an increase of 40 per cent in the proportional rate of the top-up for tax-free childcare contributions.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Darren Jones
	uin	131898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare offers more generous support for parents of disabled children, who can get up to £4,000 a child each year and who remain eligible for Tax-Free Childcare until the child is 17 years old. This is to reflect the additional costs associated with childcare provision for disabled children.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/03/2018 15:39:54 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

861110

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2018
	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 5 February 2018 to Question 126732, what the evidential basis is for HMRC’s estimation that less than one per cent of families eligible to receive tax-free childcare will not be able to use online services or access the internet.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	132259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>The estimate of those able to use online services or access the internet is based on research of the target market. HMRC commissioned research to understand parent’s digital capability and confidence to manage an online childcare account.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 16/03/2018 13:11:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

862065

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	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 Question 124788, what the evidential basis is for the Government’s estimation that parents with children under the age of twelve have higher childcare costs than parents with children under the age of fifteen.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	132484
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>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. Parents who meet the eligibility requirements will not necessarily have an employer who offers them.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the cost of childcare, by child age, is published by the Department for Education in table 4.7 of the additional tables document of the childcare and early years survey of parents, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017</a></p><p>The median childcare cost used in the table is the more accurate for comparing childcare costs as it is less affected by statistical outliers than the mean.</p><p> </p><p>The estimate of eligible families for Tax-Free Childcare was derived using Family Resource Survey which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2</a>. It is not possible break this down by local authority.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-Free Childcare has a wider reach than childcare vouchers. Unlike vouchers which are reliant on whether an employer chooses to offer them, all eligible parents are able to access the Tax-Free Childcare, including the self-employed. Only an estimated 5% of employers offer childcare vouchers.</p><p> </p><p>Data on how many parents intend to, or have stopped using childcare vouchers in order to use Tax-Free childcare is not available.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 132518 132519 132520 132521 question first answered 19/03/2018 16:31:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

862099

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	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, whether his Department has plans to publish information on the number of parents eligible for tax-free childcare by constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	132518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>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. Parents who meet the eligibility requirements will not necessarily have an employer who offers them.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the cost of childcare, by child age, is published by the Department for Education in table 4.7 of the additional tables document of the childcare and early years survey of parents, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017</a></p><p>The median childcare cost used in the table is the more accurate for comparing childcare costs as it is less affected by statistical outliers than the mean.</p><p> </p><p>The estimate of eligible families for Tax-Free Childcare was derived using Family Resource Survey which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2</a>. It is not possible break this down by local authority.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-Free Childcare has a wider reach than childcare vouchers. Unlike vouchers which are reliant on whether an employer chooses to offer them, all eligible parents are able to access the Tax-Free Childcare, including the self-employed. Only an estimated 5% of employers offer childcare vouchers.</p><p> </p><p>Data on how many parents intend to, or have stopped using childcare vouchers in order to use Tax-Free childcare is not available.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 132484 132519 132520 132521 question first answered 19/03/2018 16:31:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

862100

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	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 20 February 2018 to Question 127416, whether his Department has plans to collect data on the number of parents who (a) plan to stop and (b) have stopped using childcare vouchers in order to use tax-free childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	132519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>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. Parents who meet the eligibility requirements will not necessarily have an employer who offers them.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the cost of childcare, by child age, is published by the Department for Education in table 4.7 of the additional tables document of the childcare and early years survey of parents, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017</a></p><p>The median childcare cost used in the table is the more accurate for comparing childcare costs as it is less affected by statistical outliers than the mean.</p><p> </p><p>The estimate of eligible families for Tax-Free Childcare was derived using Family Resource Survey which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2</a>. It is not possible break this down by local authority.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-Free Childcare has a wider reach than childcare vouchers. Unlike vouchers which are reliant on whether an employer chooses to offer them, all eligible parents are able to access the Tax-Free Childcare, including the self-employed. Only an estimated 5% of employers offer childcare vouchers.</p><p> </p><p>Data on how many parents intend to, or have stopped using childcare vouchers in order to use Tax-Free childcare is not available.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 132484 132518 132520 132521 question first answered 19/03/2018 16:31:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

862101

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	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 2018 to Question 124451, what the evidential basis is for the Government’s estimate that 1.5 million families with childcare costs will be eligible for tax-free childcare; and for what reasons that estimated number differs from the number of families currently in receipt of childcare vouchers.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	132520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>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. Parents who meet the eligibility requirements will not necessarily have an employer who offers them.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the cost of childcare, by child age, is published by the Department for Education in table 4.7 of the additional tables document of the childcare and early years survey of parents, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017</a></p><p>The median childcare cost used in the table is the more accurate for comparing childcare costs as it is less affected by statistical outliers than the mean.</p><p> </p><p>The estimate of eligible families for Tax-Free Childcare was derived using Family Resource Survey which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2</a>. It is not possible break this down by local authority.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-Free Childcare has a wider reach than childcare vouchers. Unlike vouchers which are reliant on whether an employer chooses to offer them, all eligible parents are able to access the Tax-Free Childcare, including the self-employed. Only an estimated 5% of employers offer childcare vouchers.</p><p> </p><p>Data on how many parents intend to, or have stopped using childcare vouchers in order to use Tax-Free childcare is not available.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 132484 132518 132519 132521 question first answered 19/03/2018 16:31:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell