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registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Child Tax Credit: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to increase the age of eligibility for the childcare cost element of child tax credit from 16 to 20 years old for families with disabled children until adult social care provision becomes available; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Ms Marie Rimmer
uin	124887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting disabled people and is spending over £50bn a year on benefits to support people with disabilities and health conditions, this includes spending to support 16-20 year olds with disabilities. Spending on disability benefits will be higher in every year to 2020 than it was in 2010, and as a share of GDP our spending on disability and incapacity benefits is the second highest in the G7.</p><p> </p><p>Childcare support in working tax credits is currently available to disabled children in receipt of DLA or PIP up to the September following their 16th birthday.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/01/2018 14:34:07 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

828954

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
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 the average amount of compensation paid to people who have experienced difficulties with the Childcare Choices website has been; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	124558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text The vast majority of parents have been able to apply for and use Tax-Free Childcare without difficulty. Where parents have missed out on Tax-Free Childcare payments HMRC will pay compensation to reimburse them. As at 11 January 2018, the average payment made to a parent who had received a payment in lieu of missed Tax-Free Childcare payments was £274. HMRC also makes redress payments to recompense parents for inconvenience and expenses such as telephone calls to the helpline. At 11 January 2018 the average redress payment to a parent who received such a payment was £64. answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/01/2018 14:37:07 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

828154

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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, with reference to the oral contribution of the Economic Secretary to the Treasury on 15 January 2018, Official Report, column WH244, on Childcare Vouchers, whether parents who are not eligible for tax-free childcare but were claiming childcare vouchers, will become eligible to claim for tax-free childcare if they change their employer after 31 March 2018, and will no longer be entitled to claim childcare vouchers.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	124114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Whereas currently around 600,000 families are in receipt of childcare vouchers, we estimate that 1.5 million families with childcare costs will be eligible for Tax-free Childcare.</p><p> </p><p>Parents in receipt of childcare vouchers will be able to continue to claim vouchers when the scheme closes to new entrants in April 2018, whilst they work for the same employer and that employer continues to offer them.</p><p> </p><p>If they switch employer, they will be eligible for Tax-free childcare if they have a child under the age of 12 and they and their partner, if they have one, each earn at least the equivalent of the National Living Wage for 16 hours a week and no more than £100,000 a year.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold information on how many parents in receipt of vouchers are expected to switch employers.</p><p> </p><p>As of 19 January 2018, the helpline had received 769,015 calls from parents.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 124115 124116 124117 question first answered 29/01/2018 10:40:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

828155

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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, whether his Department conducted an impact assessment on the effect on low-income households of the closure of the employer supported childcare vouchers scheme.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	124115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Whereas currently around 600,000 families are in receipt of childcare vouchers, we estimate that 1.5 million families with childcare costs will be eligible for Tax-free Childcare.</p><p> </p><p>Parents in receipt of childcare vouchers will be able to continue to claim vouchers when the scheme closes to new entrants in April 2018, whilst they work for the same employer and that employer continues to offer them.</p><p> </p><p>If they switch employer, they will be eligible for Tax-free childcare if they have a child under the age of 12 and they and their partner, if they have one, each earn at least the equivalent of the National Living Wage for 16 hours a week and no more than £100,000 a year.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold information on how many parents in receipt of vouchers are expected to switch employers.</p><p> </p><p>As of 19 January 2018, the helpline had received 769,015 calls from parents.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 124114 124116 124117 question first answered 29/01/2018 10:40:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

828156

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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 families in England have used the childcare service helpline when registering for tax-free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	124116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Whereas currently around 600,000 families are in receipt of childcare vouchers, we estimate that 1.5 million families with childcare costs will be eligible for Tax-free Childcare.</p><p> </p><p>Parents in receipt of childcare vouchers will be able to continue to claim vouchers when the scheme closes to new entrants in April 2018, whilst they work for the same employer and that employer continues to offer them.</p><p> </p><p>If they switch employer, they will be eligible for Tax-free childcare if they have a child under the age of 12 and they and their partner, if they have one, each earn at least the equivalent of the National Living Wage for 16 hours a week and no more than £100,000 a year.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold information on how many parents in receipt of vouchers are expected to switch employers.</p><p> </p><p>As of 19 January 2018, the helpline had received 769,015 calls from parents.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 124114 124115 124117 question first answered 29/01/2018 10:40:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

828157

registered interest
date	22/01/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December to Question 120073 on Children: Day Care, what information his Department holds on households who will receive less financial support as a result of the replacement of childcare vouchers with tax-free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	124117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Whereas currently around 600,000 families are in receipt of childcare vouchers, we estimate that 1.5 million families with childcare costs will be eligible for Tax-free Childcare.</p><p> </p><p>Parents in receipt of childcare vouchers will be able to continue to claim vouchers when the scheme closes to new entrants in April 2018, whilst they work for the same employer and that employer continues to offer them.</p><p> </p><p>If they switch employer, they will be eligible for Tax-free childcare if they have a child under the age of 12 and they and their partner, if they have one, each earn at least the equivalent of the National Living Wage for 16 hours a week and no more than £100,000 a year.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold information on how many parents in receipt of vouchers are expected to switch employers.</p><p> </p><p>As of 19 January 2018, the helpline had received 769,015 calls from parents.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 124114 124115 124116 question first answered 29/01/2018 10:40:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell