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944730

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people were eligible for the disabled worker element of Working Tax Credit in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	166273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of families and workers in receipt of disabled worker element and the number of in-work families in receipt of the disabled child element are published in our yearly finalised annual awards statistics publication at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-tax-credits-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-tax-credits-statistics</a></p><p>The numbers of families who are eligible for, but not claiming these elements is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the average number of families benefitting from these elements of the Child and Working Tax Credits in the last five years for which we have finalised awards data is shown in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 166274 166275 166276 question first answered 24/07/2018 13:59:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss attachment 1 file name Average number of recipient families and individuals benefitting from selected elements of Child Tax Credit.docx title Attachment to PQ UIN 166273
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1060720

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of the contract with Concentrix for its investigation into payments of Working Tax Credits; how many claimants were pursued as part of Concentrix’s contract; and how many of those investigations were successful.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	220756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>Full details on HMRC’s contract with Concentrix and details on how many investigations were undertaken and how many were successful are available publicly.</p><p> </p><p>On 17 January 2017 the National Audit Office published its ‘Investigation into HMRC’s contract with Concentrix’. This can be found at</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nao.org.uk/report/hmrcs-contract-with-concentrix/" target="_blank">https://www.nao.org.uk/report/hmrcs-contract-with-concentrix/</a></p><p> </p><p>On 4 April 2017 the Committee for Public Accounts published its report ‘HMRC’s contract with Concentrix’. This can be found at</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmpubacc/998/99802.htm" target="_blank">https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmpubacc/998/99802.htm</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/02/2019 15:43:32 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1060727

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish the protocol used to determine whether an individual was investigated for an inappropriate claim for working tax credits (a) directly by the Department or (b) by an external agency.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	220757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>HMRC guidance is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/claimant-compliance-manual" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/claimant-compliance-manual</a>.</p><p> </p><p>No checks have been carried out by external agencies since November 2016 when HMRC and Concentrix agreed to exit the contract with immediate effect.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/02/2019 15:38:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1105325

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on (a) tax-free childcare, (b) employer-supported childcare and (c) the childcare element of working tax credit in 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
	tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
	uin	237195
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Page 100 of the OBR’s March 2019 Economic &amp; Fiscal Outlook contains the Tax-Free Childcare forecast, including the cost for 2017/18 (<a href="https://cdn.obr.uk/March-2019_EFO_Web-Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://cdn.obr.uk/March-2019_EFO_Web-Accessible.pdf</a>).</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s publication ‘Estimated Costs of Principal Tax Reliefs’ includes the forecast cost of Employer Supported Childcare tax reliefs in 2017/18 (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/782480/Jan19_Principal_Reliefs_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/782480/Jan19_Principal_Reliefs_Final.pdf</a>).</p><p> </p><p>The forecast cost of the childcare element of Working Tax Credit in 2017/18 is £1.1bn. This is in line with OBR methodology which assumes Universal Credit has no impact on the Working Tax Credit forecast.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 01/04/2019 14:39:36 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

931843

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the income profile of recipients of working tax credit childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Tonbridge and Malling
	tabling member printed	Tom Tugendhat
	uin	158289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The tables below show information on the income profile and age profile of recipients of the childcare element of Working Tax Credit. This information is based on the latest Child and Working Tax Credit: finalised award data, for 2016-17, released on the 28<sup>th</sup> June this year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="16"><p>Average number of in-work recipient families benefitting from the childcare element, 2016-17</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>Thousands</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="17"><p>Range of income bands</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Up to £6,420</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£6,421 to £9,999</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£10,000 to £19,999</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£20,000 to £29,999</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£30,000 to £39,999</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>£40,000 to £50,000</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Over £50,000</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>59</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>64</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>112</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>79</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>43</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>9</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>369</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Footnotes</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="17" rowspan="2"><p>These figures show the average number of recipient families of the childcare element of Working Tax Credit, by income band. This shows the range of gross household income used to tapper Tax Credit entitlement.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="17" rowspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="16"><p>Age of eldest adult benefitting from the childcare element of Working Tax Credit, 2016-17</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>Thousands</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="16"><p>Age of applicant</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under 20</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>20-24</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>25-29</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>30-34</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>35-40</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>40-49</p></td><td><p>50-59</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>60 and over</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>17</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>66</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>90</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>87</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>94</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>369</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Footnotes</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="14"><p>These figures provide an average count of Tax Credit recipients benefitting from the childcare element, consistent with our National Statistics</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 158290 question first answered 06/07/2018 11:16:21 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat

931844

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the age profile of recipients of working tax credit childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Tonbridge and Malling
	tabling member printed	Tom Tugendhat
	uin	158290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The tables below show information on the income profile and age profile of recipients of the childcare element of Working Tax Credit. This information is based on the latest Child and Working Tax Credit: finalised award data, for 2016-17, released on the 28<sup>th</sup> June this year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="16"><p>Average number of in-work recipient families benefitting from the childcare element, 2016-17</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>Thousands</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="17"><p>Range of income bands</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Up to £6,420</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£6,421 to £9,999</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£10,000 to £19,999</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£20,000 to £29,999</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£30,000 to £39,999</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>£40,000 to £50,000</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Over £50,000</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>59</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>64</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>112</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>79</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>43</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>9</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>369</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Footnotes</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="17" rowspan="2"><p>These figures show the average number of recipient families of the childcare element of Working Tax Credit, by income band. This shows the range of gross household income used to tapper Tax Credit entitlement.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="17" rowspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="16"><p>Age of eldest adult benefitting from the childcare element of Working Tax Credit, 2016-17</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>Thousands</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="16"><p>Age of applicant</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under 20</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>20-24</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>25-29</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>30-34</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>35-40</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>40-49</p></td><td><p>50-59</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>60 and over</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>17</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>66</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>90</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>87</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>94</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>369</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Footnotes</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="14"><p>These figures provide an average count of Tax Credit recipients benefitting from the childcare element, consistent with our National Statistics</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 158289 question first answered 06/07/2018 11:16:22 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat

1023204

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Winter Fuel Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many senior citizens that were entitled to the winter fuel payment in 2017 were higher rate tax payers.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	201121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>HMRC does not hold detailed information on individuals who are entitled to Winter Fuel Payments. The Winter Fuel Payment is a household benefit, where eligibility is based on a number of factors.</p><p>Information on the eligibility for winter fuel payments can be found in the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/winter-fuel-payment/eligibility%0d" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/winter-fuel-payment/eligibility</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 17/12/2018 16:50:13 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1131182

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Winter Fuel Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the administrative cost of means testing winter fuel payments.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	263079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Confidence and Supply Agreement with the Democratic and Unionist Party, sets out that there will be no change to the universal nature of the Winter Fuel Payment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 17/06/2019 16:07:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1037895

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people claiming (a) working tax credits and (b) child tax credits have received overpayments in each year of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	206456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of claimants in receipt of Working Tax Credits and Child Tax Credits who have received overpayments in the last ten years are published in HMRCs Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: finalised annual awards, supplement on payments 2016-2017, published on 28<sup>th</sup> June 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Data for overpayments can be found within the “Main aggregate” tab in the publication tables.</p><p> </p><p>This publication can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-supplement-on-payments-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-supplement-on-payments-2016-to-2017</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/01/2019 11:24:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1124179

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people claiming tax credits who have an overpayment in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	249939
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave her on 11 January 2019, UIN: 206456. Updated estimates will be published in Summer 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 08/05/2019 09:46:41 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George