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931845

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date	27/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Working Tax Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual cost to the public purse has been of working tax credit childcare since that policy was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Tonbridge and Malling
tabling member printed	Tom Tugendhat
uin	158291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2018 answer text <p>The government currently spends over £1 billion a year on childcare support through Working Tax Credit. The government is introducing Universal Credit, which will provide claimants with support for up to 85% of their eligible costs, up from the 70% support available in Working Tax Credit. As a consequence, the government expects to spend £300m a year more on childcare support for low-income working households.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 158292 question first answered 05/07/2018 13:06:36 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat

931846

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Working Tax Credit
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 annual cost to the public purse of working tax credit childcare to the end of the current spending review period.
tabling member constituency	Tonbridge and Malling
tabling member printed	Tom Tugendhat
uin	158292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2018 answer text <p>The government currently spends over £1 billion a year on childcare support through Working Tax Credit. The government is introducing Universal Credit, which will provide claimants with support for up to 85% of their eligible costs, up from the 70% support available in Working Tax Credit. As a consequence, the government expects to spend £300m a year more on childcare support for low-income working households.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 158291 question first answered 05/07/2018 13:06:36 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat