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date	30/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Child Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to improve public understanding of the link between national insurance credits and child benefit; and what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the pension income of stay-at-home parents who do not claim child benefit of the high-income child benefit tax charge.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	214595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>The government has always encouraged families to claim Child Benefit to receive the associated National Insurance credits and help protect their future right to the State Pension.</p><p> </p><p>Parents are advised to do this on the Child Benefit claim form (which is included in Bounty Packs that go to new parents), through the HMRC helpline, and online at GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2019 the Child Benefit claim form and accompanying notes will further emphasise the non-monetary benefits a Child Benefit award provides: in particular, the associated National Insurance credits which protect their State Pension.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, HMRC is developing social media content and material that can be distributed to external partners, to further promote the importance of claiming.</p><p> </p><p>Most parents are able to qualify for the new State Pension, even if there are gaps of up to 15 years in their National Insurance records. This means that those parents who have not claimed Child Benefit still have the opportunity to achieve the full State Pension.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 04/02/2019 12:20:30 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

1051415

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date	30/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Erasmus+ Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to provide funding for students due to start their Erasmus+ placements after 29 March 2019 in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	214484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>In the event that the UK leaves the EU with a withdrawal agreement in place, the UK will participate in Erasmus+ until the end of the current cycle in 2020. Leaving the EU with a deal remains the government’s top priority.</p><p> </p><p>In the event the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement, the Government will engage with the European Commission with the aim of securing the UK’s participation in Erasmus+ until 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Further information can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/erasmus-in-the-uk-if-theres-no-brexit-deal/erasmus-in-the-uk-if-theres-no-brexit-deal" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/erasmus-in-the-uk-if-theres-no-brexit-deal/erasmus-in-the-uk-if-theres-no-brexit-deal</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 04/02/2019 15:48:45 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1051462

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date	30/01/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the contribution of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury of 29 January 2019, Official Report, Column 637, to which (a) initial and (b) final financial year she referred to in relation to official estimates of the change in the number of children in absolute child poverty.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	214529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>From 2009/10 to 2016/17, the number of children in absolute poverty fell from 2.5 million to 2.2 million.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 04/02/2019 12:23:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown