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	date	18/04/2019
	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 publish his Department's analysis relating to the Government's decision to introduce an income cap on eligibility to tax-free childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	245643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare is limited to families where parents earn under £100,000 per year. The £100,000 per parent cap on Tax-Free Childcare ensures that support is targeted at the working families who require the most support in order to return to work or work more.</p><p> </p><p>The £100,000 limit was announced at Autumn Statement 2015 and legislated for in 2016 because it is simple for parents to understand their eligibility, and because it aligns to an existing boundary in the tax system. The government published its final impact assessment of the introduction of Tax-Free Childcare, including the setting of an upper income limit at £100,000 per parent, in March 2017 (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652939/Tax-free_childcare_Impact_Assessment-March_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652939/Tax-free_childcare_Impact_Assessment-March_2017.pdf</a>).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 245642 245644 246449 question first answered 30/04/2019 11:13:42 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1121927

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	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, for what reasons his Department set the cap at an earnings threshold of £100,000 for eligibility to tax-free childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	245644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare is limited to families where parents earn under £100,000 per year. The £100,000 per parent cap on Tax-Free Childcare ensures that support is targeted at the working families who require the most support in order to return to work or work more.</p><p> </p><p>The £100,000 limit was announced at Autumn Statement 2015 and legislated for in 2016 because it is simple for parents to understand their eligibility, and because it aligns to an existing boundary in the tax system. The government published its final impact assessment of the introduction of Tax-Free Childcare, including the setting of an upper income limit at £100,000 per parent, in March 2017 (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652939/Tax-free_childcare_Impact_Assessment-March_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652939/Tax-free_childcare_Impact_Assessment-March_2017.pdf</a>).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 245642 245643 246449 question first answered 30/04/2019 11:13:42 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1121925

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	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, what the Government's rationale was for the policy of introducing an income threshold on eligibility for tax-free childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	245642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare is limited to families where parents earn under £100,000 per year. The £100,000 per parent cap on Tax-Free Childcare ensures that support is targeted at the working families who require the most support in order to return to work or work more.</p><p> </p><p>The £100,000 limit was announced at Autumn Statement 2015 and legislated for in 2016 because it is simple for parents to understand their eligibility, and because it aligns to an existing boundary in the tax system. The government published its final impact assessment of the introduction of Tax-Free Childcare, including the setting of an upper income limit at £100,000 per parent, in March 2017 (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652939/Tax-free_childcare_Impact_Assessment-March_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652939/Tax-free_childcare_Impact_Assessment-March_2017.pdf</a>).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 245643 245644 246449 question first answered 30/04/2019 11:13:42 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans