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1015509

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment has he made on the effect of the tax-free childcare scheme on levels of employer engagement.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	196283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare provides an opportunity for all employers to engage with working parents about their childcare arrangements, regardless of whether or not they offer childcare vouchers. HMRC are working with employers so that they understand the government childcare support which is available.</p><p>Employers across the UK can pay directly into parents’ Tax-Free Childcare accounts. A factsheet entitled “Tax-Free Childcare: What Employers Need to Know” sets out details of how to do this and can be found at the following link:</p><p>https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/communications-toolkit</p><p>Tax-Free Childcare is designed to be fairer and better targeted than the legacy system, childcare vouchers. We estimate that Tax-Free Childcare will provide support to nearly 1 million more families compared to the number using childcare vouchers.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 03/12/2018 13:36:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1015510

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment he has made of the financial status of people who (a) have benefited from the childcare voucher scheme and (b) will benefit from the tax-free childcare care scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	196284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to previous answers I have given; on 9 October 2018 to the Honourable Member for East Kilbridge, Strathaven and Lesmahagow (176348), on 20 June 2018 to the Honourable Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North (155282) and on 24 January 2018 to the Honourable Member for Batley and Spen (124882).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 03/12/2018 13:08:56 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

838506

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
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 contingency plans his Department had made prior to the launch of the new childcare website in the event of problems with that website; and whether such plans were implemented when problems occurred.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	127326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>HMRC continually reviews the performance of the childcare service and, working with their delivery partner National Savings and Investments, has made a range of improvements to the way the service works.</p><p>Whilst the majority of parents use the service without problems, some parents have experienced difficulties. HMRC has arrangements in place to ensure that no parents miss out financially as a result of these issues. Where parents have missed out on Tax-Free Childcare payments, HMRC pay compensation to reimburse them for missed government top-ups. HMRC have also issued 30 hours free childcare codes manually to parents, where technical issues prevented them from getting their code through the digital childcare service.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 127328 question first answered 22/02/2018 15:25:49 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

838508

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
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 his Department has conducted an internal review of the reliability of the new childcare website.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	127328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>HMRC continually reviews the performance of the childcare service and, working with their delivery partner National Savings and Investments, has made a range of improvements to the way the service works.</p><p>Whilst the majority of parents use the service without problems, some parents have experienced difficulties. HMRC has arrangements in place to ensure that no parents miss out financially as a result of these issues. Where parents have missed out on Tax-Free Childcare payments, HMRC pay compensation to reimburse them for missed government top-ups. HMRC have also issued 30 hours free childcare codes manually to parents, where technical issues prevented them from getting their code through the digital childcare service.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 127326 question first answered 22/02/2018 15:25:49 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

824696

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
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 compensation to date the Government has paid out as a result of problems with the new childcare website.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	123497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 22 December 2017 to the Honourable Member for Tottenham (PQ119871).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To date, HMRC have received 3,496 complaints from parents who have experienced technical issues with the childcare service.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have paid £966,666 to parents in lieu of any Tax-Free Childcare payments and £38,949 in redress to parents which recompense parents for inconvenience and expenses such as telephone calls to the helpline.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 123498 123500 question first answered 29/01/2018 10:36:33 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

824697

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
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 complaints (a) his Department and (b) HMRC have received concerning the new childcare website.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	123498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 22 December 2017 to the Honourable Member for Tottenham (PQ119871).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To date, HMRC have received 3,496 complaints from parents who have experienced technical issues with the childcare service.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have paid £966,666 to parents in lieu of any Tax-Free Childcare payments and £38,949 in redress to parents which recompense parents for inconvenience and expenses such as telephone calls to the helpline.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 123497 123500 question first answered 29/01/2018 10:36:33 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

824699

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
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 estimate his Department has been made of the number of parents receiving childcare vouchers who will not be eligible for tax-free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	123500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 22 December 2017 to the Honourable Member for Tottenham (PQ119871).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To date, HMRC have received 3,496 complaints from parents who have experienced technical issues with the childcare service.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have paid £966,666 to parents in lieu of any Tax-Free Childcare payments and £38,949 in redress to parents which recompense parents for inconvenience and expenses such as telephone calls to the helpline.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 123497 123498 question first answered 29/01/2018 10:36:33 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali