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1001994

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Schools: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.60 of the Budget 2018 Red Book, whether the funding for state-funded schools to cover pension costs will be allocated from the £4.7bn extra DEL in the reserve for 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	188148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Additional funds will be allocated to the Department for Education to meet the proportion of the expected £4.7 billion in additional pension costs that falls to them. The Department for Education are proposing to provide state-funded schools with funding to cover their additional pensions costs for the rest of this Spending Review period.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 12/11/2018 17:52:45 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

999736

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Budget 2018, paragraph 1.60, if he will publish a breakdown of the £4.7 billion of extra DEL allocated to the reserves to cover additional costs arising from the reduction in the discount rate for employer contributions to public sector pension schemes.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	187161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The valuations of Public Service Pensions Schemes are ongoing. The Treasury is undertaking work with departments and devolved administrations to agree the allocation of the additional funding.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 06/11/2018 15:21:29 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

997587

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	NHS: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference paragraph 1.40 and Table 2.1 line 1 of the Budget 2018, how much has been allocated to the NHS in each of the next five fiscal years to provide for the adjustment in NHS pension costs as a result of the SCAPE rate change.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	185731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>As part of the five-year settlement for the NHS in June, the Government committed to provide additional funding of £1.25billion per year for NHS pension costs until 2023-24, and committed to adjust the level of additional funding to reflect the final SCAPE rate change. Following the confirmation of the SCAPE rate reduction to 2.4% at Budget, we will make the necessary adjustment as part of finalising the NHS settlement by the Spending Review. Provision for the adjustment in 2019/20 was made through the £4.7billion in DEL allocated to the reserve to help all departments with pressures in 2019-20 relating to the SCAPE rate changes. Provision for remaining years will be made by the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/11/2018 16:41:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

986383

registered interest
date	12/10/2018
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, whether the number of parents who have benefited from tax-free childcare to date is higher than the projection in the March 2014 forecast.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	178540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>We estimate that there are 1.5 million families with qualifying childcare costs that are eligible for Tax-free Childcare.</p><p> </p><p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answers I gave on 17 September 2018 (173624).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 178526 question first answered 17/10/2018 14:31:23 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

986384

registered interest
date	12/10/2018
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, how many parents were projected to benefit from tax-free childcare by October 2018.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	178526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>We estimate that there are 1.5 million families with qualifying childcare costs that are eligible for Tax-free Childcare.</p><p> </p><p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answers I gave on 17 September 2018 (173624).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 178540 question first answered 17/10/2018 14:31:23 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

983132

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Teachers: Pensions
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 cost to schools of increasing the employer contribution to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme in each of the next five fiscal years; and what plans he has to provide additional funding to the Department for Education to meet that cost.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	176551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>We undertake valuations of the public service pension schemes every four years. This is the first time that a full assessment of the pension schemes has been undertaken since the government introduced reformed schemes in 2015. Early indications are that the amount employers pay towards the schemes will need to increase. This is because of proposed changes to the discount rate, which is used to assess the current cost of future payments from the schemes, to reflect the Office for Budget Responsibility’s long-term growth forecasts. Further details will be known later this year.</p><p>Some increase in costs was anticipated at Budget 16, which departments and the devolved administrations will need to meet in full. Treasury will be supporting departments with any unforeseen costs for 2019/20. Further discussions will be taken forward as part of the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/10/2018 13:37:48 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

971697

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
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, how many parents currently benefit from tax-free childcare; and how many parents were projected to benefit at this stage of the roll-out in the March 2014 forecast.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	173624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>Over 92, 000 families have used their childcare accounts by early September 2018, to pay their childcare provider.</p><p> </p><p>The Tax-Free Childcare service opened in April 2017; 2014 forecasts are based on a different roll-out profile and so it is not robust to compare the two.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 17/09/2018 09:28:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

947495

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Childcare Vouchers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Education of 13 March 2018, Official Report, Column 802, what steps he has taken during the six month extension to the childcare voucher scheme to address the concerns raised in that debate.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	168165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury, the Department for Education and HM Revenue &amp; Customs met with the Northern Ireland Department of Education in June to discuss the experience of developing and administering the 30 hours free childcare policy in England.</p><p> </p><p>To reflect concerns about the timing of the closure of childcare vouchers and the transition to Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) raised in the debate in April, the government took the decision to keep childcare vouchers open for a further six months until October. This has allowed more time for TFC to bed in, for awareness to increase and for families to understand the support they can receive under the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs have been making improvements to the childcare service since it was launched in April 2017. Over the last four months they have provided over 99% of parents with an eligibility decision within 5 working days; reduced the number of problems that parents experienced, meaning that less than 1% of parents now see an error screen whilst applying or using their account; and made improvements to the customer experience. As a result, there has been an increase in parent satisfaction to over 80%.</p><p> </p><p>The government has increased communications about TFC and the Childcare Choices website. As a result, we have seen a rise in the number of visitors to the sites. Communications activity will increase further in September at the start of the new school year, with a marketing campaign in the autumn to support take up of TFC.</p><p> </p><p>All public-sector workers in the UK who meet the eligibility criteria for TFC will be able to claim government support for 20% of their childcare costs, up to an annual maximum of £2,000 for each child. We are working to make sure all parents, including those in the public sector, are aware of this support and how to access it. Ministers and officials have also met with interested stakeholders across the UK.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 168008 168010 168168 question first answered 06/09/2018 12:57:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

947501

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Childcare Vouchers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions of 13 March 2018, Official Report, column 767, what steps he has taken to address the specific circumstances affecting public sector employees in relation to childcare vouchers are; and what discussions he has had with colleagues from Northern Ireland in relation to those steps.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	168168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury, the Department for Education and HM Revenue &amp; Customs met with the Northern Ireland Department of Education in June to discuss the experience of developing and administering the 30 hours free childcare policy in England.</p><p> </p><p>To reflect concerns about the timing of the closure of childcare vouchers and the transition to Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) raised in the debate in April, the government took the decision to keep childcare vouchers open for a further six months until October. This has allowed more time for TFC to bed in, for awareness to increase and for families to understand the support they can receive under the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs have been making improvements to the childcare service since it was launched in April 2017. Over the last four months they have provided over 99% of parents with an eligibility decision within 5 working days; reduced the number of problems that parents experienced, meaning that less than 1% of parents now see an error screen whilst applying or using their account; and made improvements to the customer experience. As a result, there has been an increase in parent satisfaction to over 80%.</p><p> </p><p>The government has increased communications about TFC and the Childcare Choices website. As a result, we have seen a rise in the number of visitors to the sites. Communications activity will increase further in September at the start of the new school year, with a marketing campaign in the autumn to support take up of TFC.</p><p> </p><p>All public-sector workers in the UK who meet the eligibility criteria for TFC will be able to claim government support for 20% of their childcare costs, up to an annual maximum of £2,000 for each child. We are working to make sure all parents, including those in the public sector, are aware of this support and how to access it. Ministers and officials have also met with interested stakeholders across the UK.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 168008 168010 168165 question first answered 06/09/2018 12:57:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

946956

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on overall public spending per capita in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	167348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>With regard to parts (a) and (b) of the question, the government does not hold information on overall expenditure at the level requested. However, per capita expenditure for Yorkshire and the Humber for the periods 2012-13 to 2016-17 is shown below as sourced from the Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis (PESA) command paper.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Total identifiable expenditure on services in Yorkshire and The Humber, per head 2012-13 to 2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>£ per head</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>8490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>8523</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>8701</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>8804</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>8810</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Source: PESA 2018</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A link to the latest PESA edition is also provided below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-expenditure-statistical-analyses-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-expenditure-statistical-analyses-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 9.2 will be of interest as it shows total identifiable expenditure on services by country and region, per head between 2012-13 and 2016-17.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 04/09/2018 14:12:26 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock