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757539

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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 his Department has paid from the public purse in compensation for errors relating to (a) tax-free and (b) 30 hours of free childcare; and what estimate he has made of how much will be paid out in total for such errors.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	8693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>As of 31<sup>st</sup> August HMRC has paid £3,335.20 in compensation to customers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/09/2017 13:01:35 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

757541

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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 potentially eligible parents were unable to access their eligibility codes for their 30 hours of free childcare due to technical issues with the site administered by HM Revenue and Customs.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	8694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Parents who reported technical issues during the application process were provided with a 30 hours code manually. Those parents who are eligible, and applied before 31 August will be given a code that will allow them to access 30 hours free childcare for the September term.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/09/2017 11:38:20 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

756779

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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 performance indicators are which he has agreed with National Savings and Investments for the delivery of tax-free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	7777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The performance indicators agreed with National Savings and Investments for the delivery of Tax-Free childcare cover a range of areas including customer experience, payment processing, and sign-up.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/09/2017 15:20:56 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

756780

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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 parents have successfully signed up for (a) 30-hours free childcare, (b) tax-free childcare and (c) both 30-hours free childcare and tax-free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	7789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>As of 6 September 2017, 115,198 parents had successfully applied through the childcare service for 30 hours free childcare; over 25,404 parents had successfully applied for tax-free childcare; and 100,113 parents had successfully applied for both 30 hours free childcare and Tax-Free Childcare.</p><p> </p><p>As Minister of State at the Department for Education, Robert Goodwill, told the House on 6 September 2017, as of 31 August 216,384 eligibility codes had been issued for 3 year olds that were valid for the September term.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/09/2017 15:09:21 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

756846

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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 eligibility codes for 30 hours of free childcare were generated before the deadline of 31 August 2017.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	8168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>At 31st August, 216,384 eligibility codes had been issued for 3 year olds that were valid for the September term.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/09/2017 14:57:04 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

752532

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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 people who applied for an eligibility childcare code for 30 hours free childcare via the gov.uk website have been unsuccessful; and how many of those unsuccessful applicants (a) are in employment but not contracted to work 16 hours per week and (b) became employed within the last three months.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	5088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>As of 19 July, 13,218 parents with a 3 or 4 year old child have been unsuccessful in their application for 30 hours free childcare since the start of the childcare service trial in November 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Parents must meet the minimum income criteria to qualify for 30 hours free childcare. Parents can also apply for 30 hours free childcare up to 14 days before returning to work.</p><p> </p><p>As of 19 July, there have been approximately 169,000 calls from parents and 49,000 calls from childcare providers to the dedicated childcare service helpline since the start of the childcare service trial in November 2016.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 5598 question first answered 20/07/2017 15:11:14 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

752897

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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 Question 4504 on children: day care, how many calls the dedicated helpline has received so far.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	5598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>As of 19 July, 13,218 parents with a 3 or 4 year old child have been unsuccessful in their application for 30 hours free childcare since the start of the childcare service trial in November 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Parents must meet the minimum income criteria to qualify for 30 hours free childcare. Parents can also apply for 30 hours free childcare up to 14 days before returning to work.</p><p> </p><p>As of 19 July, there have been approximately 169,000 calls from parents and 49,000 calls from childcare providers to the dedicated childcare service helpline since the start of the childcare service trial in November 2016.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 5088 question first answered 20/07/2017 15:11:14 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

751215

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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 people have applied for an eligibility childcare code for 30 hours free childcare via the gov.uk website; how many of those applications have been successful; how many of those applications have not been completed due to technical issues; and what the average amount of time was between completing that application and receiving an eligibility code.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	4504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>As of 12<sup>th</sup> of July, over 150,000 people had applied for an eligibility code for 30 hours free childcare and over 120,000 had been successful.</p><p> </p><p>The system is designed so that most eligible parents will receive an eligibility decision and 30 hours code within 30 seconds. In some cases additional checks are needed to determine whether a parent is eligible and, where appropriate, a code will be issued following those checks.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide a definitive number of applications not completed due to technical issues as the service allows parents to part complete their application, save it and return to it later. A dedicated helpline is in place to support parents who encounter technical difficulties or delays in receiving their code.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 17/07/2017 16:46:37 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

731520

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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 parents have signed up for the Tax-Free Childcare scheme to date.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>As of 22 June 2017, the Tax-Free Childcare helpline has answered over 80,000 phone calls from parents and over 40,000 calls from childcare providers. The average call response time is 4 seconds.</p><p>As of 22 June 2017 almost 50,000 parents had successfully applied for Tax-Free Childcare and over 40,000 childcare providers had signed up.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2017, the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast that there would be 790,000 families using TFC by the end of 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 222 223 224 225 question first answered 26/06/2017 15:23:36 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

731606

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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 he has made of the number of parents who will sign up for Tax-Free Childcare in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>As of 22 June 2017, the Tax-Free Childcare helpline has answered over 80,000 phone calls from parents and over 40,000 calls from childcare providers. The average call response time is 4 seconds.</p><p>As of 22 June 2017 almost 50,000 parents had successfully applied for Tax-Free Childcare and over 40,000 childcare providers had signed up.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2017, the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast that there would be 790,000 families using TFC by the end of 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 223 224 225 228 question first answered 26/06/2017 15:23:36 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq