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389343

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	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 changes to tax credits on the poorest families.
	tabling member constituency	Holborn and St Pancras
	tabling member printed	Keir Starmer
	uin	6649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is making changes to Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit which will help put welfare spending on a more sustainable path. The Government wants to move from a low wage, high tax, high welfare society to a higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare society. That means more emphasis on support to hardworking families on low incomes by reducing income tax through increases in the personal allowance and increasing wages, than on topping up low wages through tax credits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Families with someone working currently on the minimum wage will benefit from the introduction of the National Living Wage from April 2016 which will be set at £7.20 per hour. The Government’s ambition is for the National Living Wage to reach over £9 by 2020. This would equate to a cash rise of £5,200 a year by 2020 for those who are currently working full time on the National Minimum Wage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These changes will ensure that work will always pay more than a life on benefits, support will be focused more on those on the very lowest incomes and the system will be fairer upon those who pay for it, as well as those who benefit from it. Taking the welfare changes in the Budget together with the record increases in the income tax personal allowance and the introduction of the new National Living Wage, 8 out of 10 working households will be better off by 2017/18.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 6650 question first answered 17/07/2015 13:52:57 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4514 label Biography information for Keir Starmer

389345

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how his Department will monitor the effect of the changes to tax credits on the poorest (a) in-work and (b) out-of-work families.
	tabling member constituency	Holborn and St Pancras
	tabling member printed	Keir Starmer
	uin	6650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is making changes to Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit which will help put welfare spending on a more sustainable path. The Government wants to move from a low wage, high tax, high welfare society to a higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare society. That means more emphasis on support to hardworking families on low incomes by reducing income tax through increases in the personal allowance and increasing wages, than on topping up low wages through tax credits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Families with someone working currently on the minimum wage will benefit from the introduction of the National Living Wage from April 2016 which will be set at £7.20 per hour. The Government’s ambition is for the National Living Wage to reach over £9 by 2020. This would equate to a cash rise of £5,200 a year by 2020 for those who are currently working full time on the National Minimum Wage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These changes will ensure that work will always pay more than a life on benefits, support will be focused more on those on the very lowest incomes and the system will be fairer upon those who pay for it, as well as those who benefit from it. Taking the welfare changes in the Budget together with the record increases in the income tax personal allowance and the introduction of the new National Living Wage, 8 out of 10 working households will be better off by 2017/18.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 6649 question first answered 17/07/2015 13:52:57 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4514 label Biography information for Keir Starmer

389734

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK who are subject to the under-occupancy penalty and are likely to be affected by his proposal to limit entitlement to tax credits.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	7166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is making changes to tax credits and Universal Credit which will help put welfare spending on a more sustainable path. The Government wants to move from a low wage, high tax, and high welfare society to a higher wage, lower tax, and lower welfare society. That means more emphasis on supporting hardworking families on low incomes by reducing income tax through increases in the personal allowance and increasing wages, than on topping up low wages through tax credits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Reforms announced at the Summer Budget do not affect a family’s eligibility to the any of the disability elements in tax credits (both child and adult). The uprating of the disability elements is also exempt from the four year working age benefit freeze; these elements will continue to rise in line with inflation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes information on the number of families benefitting from the disability elements. The most recent available data is for 2013/14 and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>Details on the number of families benefitting from the receipt of these elements, as well as the number of children in these families, is shown in Table 3.3 – 3.6.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of families benefitting from eligibility to the disabled worker element is also broken down geographically in Table 2 of a separate publication here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 7167 7168 question first answered 20/07/2015 15:35:14 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

389735

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the number of children living in a household that includes at least one person with a disability and which is likely to be affected by his proposal to restrict tax credit entitlement.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	7167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is making changes to tax credits and Universal Credit which will help put welfare spending on a more sustainable path. The Government wants to move from a low wage, high tax, and high welfare society to a higher wage, lower tax, and lower welfare society. That means more emphasis on supporting hardworking families on low incomes by reducing income tax through increases in the personal allowance and increasing wages, than on topping up low wages through tax credits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Reforms announced at the Summer Budget do not affect a family’s eligibility to the any of the disability elements in tax credits (both child and adult). The uprating of the disability elements is also exempt from the four year working age benefit freeze; these elements will continue to rise in line with inflation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes information on the number of families benefitting from the disability elements. The most recent available data is for 2013/14 and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>Details on the number of families benefitting from the receipt of these elements, as well as the number of children in these families, is shown in Table 3.3 – 3.6.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of families benefitting from eligibility to the disabled worker element is also broken down geographically in Table 2 of a separate publication here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 7166 7168 question first answered 20/07/2015 15:35:14 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

389736

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK who are registered disabled and are likely to be affected by his proposal to limit entitlement to tax credits.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	7168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is making changes to tax credits and Universal Credit which will help put welfare spending on a more sustainable path. The Government wants to move from a low wage, high tax, and high welfare society to a higher wage, lower tax, and lower welfare society. That means more emphasis on supporting hardworking families on low incomes by reducing income tax through increases in the personal allowance and increasing wages, than on topping up low wages through tax credits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Reforms announced at the Summer Budget do not affect a family’s eligibility to the any of the disability elements in tax credits (both child and adult). The uprating of the disability elements is also exempt from the four year working age benefit freeze; these elements will continue to rise in line with inflation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes information on the number of families benefitting from the disability elements. The most recent available data is for 2013/14 and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>Details on the number of families benefitting from the receipt of these elements, as well as the number of children in these families, is shown in Table 3.3 – 3.6.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of families benefitting from eligibility to the disabled worker element is also broken down geographically in Table 2 of a separate publication here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 7166 7167 question first answered 20/07/2015 15:35:14 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

390180

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2015 to Question 5989, what estimate he has made of the cost of estimating the number of employees who receive more in tax credits than they pay in tax and national insurance contributions.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	7519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The cost considered by the Treasury to be disproportionate is £850. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are unable to provide an answer to PQ 5989 within proportionate costs as information stored on the tax credits system does not contain data on the amount of income tax and national insurance contributions, and to match this data would incur a cost of more than £850.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 20/07/2015 15:24:57 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

390193

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the compatibility of changes to (a) child tax credits, (b) working tax credit reductions, (c) working tax credit restrictions and (d) restriction of working tax credit to two children with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
	uin	7409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>Ministers had regard to all relevant international obligations when formulating the welfare policies announced at the Budget and consider that these obligations have been complied with.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 7410 7411 question first answered 23/07/2015 13:43:23 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

390194

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the compatibility of changes to (a) child tax credits, (b) working tax credit reductions, (c) working tax credit restrictions and (d) restriction of working tax credit to two children with the European Convention on Human Rights.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
	uin	7410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>Ministers had regard to all relevant international obligations when formulating the welfare policies announced at the Budget and consider that these obligations have been complied with.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 7409 7411 question first answered 23/07/2015 13:43:23 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

390195

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the compatibility of changes to (a) child tax credits, (b) working tax credit reductions, (c) working tax credit restrictions and (d) restriction of working tax credit to two children with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
	tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
	uin	7411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>Ministers had regard to all relevant international obligations when formulating the welfare policies announced at the Budget and consider that these obligations have been complied with.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 7409 7410 question first answered 23/07/2015 13:43:23 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

390204

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people previously in receipt of tax credits will no longer receive them following changes covered in the Summer Budget 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
	uin	7188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is making changes to tax credits and Universal Credit which will help put welfare spending on a more sustainable path. The Government wants to move from a low wage, high tax, and high welfare society to a higher wage, lower tax, and lower welfare society. That means more emphasis on supporting hardworking families on low incomes by reducing income tax through increases in the personal allowance and increasing wages, than on topping up low wages through tax credits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is focusing the tax credit system on those who need it most. Prior to 2010, 9 out of 10 families with children were eligible for tax credits and reforms in the previous Parliament reduced this to 6 out of 10. The measures announced in Summer Budget 2015 will result in 5 out of 10 families with children being eligible for tax credits support.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes information on the number of families receiving tax credits. The most recent available data is for 2013/14 and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-2013-to-2014</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This information can be found in Table 1.1.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/07/2015 13:40:41 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson