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820959

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
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 (a) parents and (b) families (i) have registered for and (ii) are receiving payments through the tax free childcare scheme.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	122377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>More than 170,000 parents have a Tax-Free Childcare account. Over 45,000 parents have made a payment from their account. Many of the parents with a Tax-Free Childcare account are accessing 30 hours free childcare, meaning they have not yet needed to use Tax-Free Childcare. The childcare service is being gradually rolled out to parents of older children and therefore we expect usage to increase over time.</p><p> </p><p>The average annual operating cost for the childcare service (through which parents access 30 hours free childcare and/or Tax-Free Childcare) over the five years to 2021/22 is estimated as £35.5m. The average annual operating cost for the Childcare Choices site is £8,800.</p><p> </p><p>All remaining parents will be able to access Tax-Free Childcare by 14 February. When fully rolled out we estimate that 1.2 million families would be better off under Tax-Free Childcare.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 122378 122379 question first answered 16/01/2018 12:01:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

820960

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
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 annual operating costs of administering (a) tax free childcare and (b) the childcare choices website are.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	122378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>More than 170,000 parents have a Tax-Free Childcare account. Over 45,000 parents have made a payment from their account. Many of the parents with a Tax-Free Childcare account are accessing 30 hours free childcare, meaning they have not yet needed to use Tax-Free Childcare. The childcare service is being gradually rolled out to parents of older children and therefore we expect usage to increase over time.</p><p> </p><p>The average annual operating cost for the childcare service (through which parents access 30 hours free childcare and/or Tax-Free Childcare) over the five years to 2021/22 is estimated as £35.5m. The average annual operating cost for the Childcare Choices site is £8,800.</p><p> </p><p>All remaining parents will be able to access Tax-Free Childcare by 14 February. When fully rolled out we estimate that 1.2 million families would be better off under Tax-Free Childcare.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 122377 122379 question first answered 16/01/2018 12:01:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

804484

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
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, pursuant to the Answers of 28 November to Question 115530 and Question 115536, what information his (a) his Department and (b) other Government Departments hold on the number of households who have applied for tax-free childcare through the childcare choices website.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	118687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs records the numbers of applicants for Tax-Free Childcare, and the children that they have applied for. HMRC also records eligibility information provided by parents in the application and reconfirmation processes. Eligibility information is checked against a range of Government data sources.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-Free Childcare is currently available to working families whose youngest child was born on or after 24 November 2011. It will be rolled out to all eligible parents of children aged under 12 by the end of March 2018.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 118691 question first answered 14/12/2017 12:42:02 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

804489

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
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 childcare accounts have been opened by parents in receipt of tax free childcare for children aged (a) 0, (b) 1, (c) 2 (d) 3, (e) 4, (f) 5, (g) 6, (h) 7, (i) 8, (j) 9, (k) 10, (l) 11 and (m) 12.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	118691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs records the numbers of applicants for Tax-Free Childcare, and the children that they have applied for. HMRC also records eligibility information provided by parents in the application and reconfirmation processes. Eligibility information is checked against a range of Government data sources.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-Free Childcare is currently available to working families whose youngest child was born on or after 24 November 2011. It will be rolled out to all eligible parents of children aged under 12 by the end of March 2018.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 118687 question first answered 14/12/2017 12:42:02 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

794557

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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 eligible for tax-free childcare earn (a) less than £10,000, (b) £10,001 to £19,999, (c) £20,000 to £29,999, (d) £30,000 to £39,999, (e) £40,000 to £49,999, (f) 50,000 to 59,999, (g) 60,000 to £69,999, (h) £70,000 to £79,999, (i) £80,000 to £89,999 and (j) £90,000 to £100,000.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	115530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The income critiera for Tax-Free Childcare is that parents (and their partner if they have one) earn at least the equivalent of 16 hours per week at national living wage, and less than £100,000 per annum, and not be claiming tax credits or Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 115536 question first answered 28/11/2017 17:56:11 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

794563

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
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 households eligible for tax-free childcare are on incomes of (a) less than £19,999, (b) £20,000 to £39,999, (c) £40,000 to £59,999, (d) £60,000 to 79,999, (e) £80,000 to 99,999, (f) £100,000 to £119,999, (g) £120,000 to £139,999, (h) £140,000 to £159,999, (i) £160,000 to 179,999, and (j) £180,000 to £200,000.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	115536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The income critiera for Tax-Free Childcare is that parents (and their partner if they have one) earn at least the equivalent of 16 hours per week at national living wage, and less than £100,000 per annum, and not be claiming tax credits or Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 115530 question first answered 28/11/2017 17:56:11 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

790876

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
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 in each local authority area are eligible for tax-free childcare; and how many parents have signed up to the childcare choices website to access that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	113523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to my response to my response to a Parliamentary Question (106916) on 16 October, which gives the number of live Tax-Free Childcare accounts.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the estimated number of families with a youngest child aged under 7, 8, 9, and 10-11 who will be eligible for Tax-Free Childcare in 2018/19. However, not all of these families will use formal childcare or will be better off on Tax-Free Childcare and take-up is therefore expected to be lower.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Age of youngest child</p></td><td><p>Families eligible for TFC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under 7</p></td><td><p>1,580,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>160,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>170,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>140,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10-11</p></td><td><p>200,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>On 15 November the government announced that Tax-Free childcare will be fully rolled out to all eligible parents by the end of March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Eligibility projections for Tax-Free Childcare cannot be broken down by Local Authority.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 113524 113657 question first answered 21/11/2017 15:26:12 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

790877

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
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 of the 275,000 parents who have an open childcare account are eligible for tax-free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	113524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to my response to my response to a Parliamentary Question (106916) on 16 October, which gives the number of live Tax-Free Childcare accounts.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the estimated number of families with a youngest child aged under 7, 8, 9, and 10-11 who will be eligible for Tax-Free Childcare in 2018/19. However, not all of these families will use formal childcare or will be better off on Tax-Free Childcare and take-up is therefore expected to be lower.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Age of youngest child</p></td><td><p>Families eligible for TFC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under 7</p></td><td><p>1,580,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>160,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>170,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>140,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10-11</p></td><td><p>200,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>On 15 November the government announced that Tax-Free childcare will be fully rolled out to all eligible parents by the end of March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Eligibility projections for Tax-Free Childcare cannot be broken down by Local Authority.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 113523 113657 question first answered 21/11/2017 15:26:12 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

790881

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
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 his Department has made of the number of patients whose youngest child is under (a) seven, (b) eight, (c) nine, (d) 10, (e) 11 and (f) 12 years old who will be eligible for tax-free childcare when that scheme is open to parents of children in those age groups.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	113657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to my response to my response to a Parliamentary Question (106916) on 16 October, which gives the number of live Tax-Free Childcare accounts.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the estimated number of families with a youngest child aged under 7, 8, 9, and 10-11 who will be eligible for Tax-Free Childcare in 2018/19. However, not all of these families will use formal childcare or will be better off on Tax-Free Childcare and take-up is therefore expected to be lower.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Age of youngest child</p></td><td><p>Families eligible for TFC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under 7</p></td><td><p>1,580,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>160,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>170,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>140,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10-11</p></td><td><p>200,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>On 15 November the government announced that Tax-Free childcare will be fully rolled out to all eligible parents by the end of March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Eligibility projections for Tax-Free Childcare cannot be broken down by Local Authority.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 113523 113524 question first answered 21/11/2017 15:26:12 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

64918

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many meetings the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Childcare and Early Years has had with parents of disabled children about improving access, affordability and quality of childcare for disabled children since he was appointed.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	203388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>My hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families is responsible for special educational needs and disability issues within the Department for Education. He has had numerous meetings with the parents of disabled children to discuss a wide range of issues. I have regular meetings with all of my ministerial colleagues on subjects of mutual interest.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance in the draft Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice includes a separate chapter on the early years and also makes clear that local authorities must include details of childcare for disabled children in their local offer of support for children who are disabled or have special educational needs.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 14/07/2014 17:50:18 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss previous answer version 8588 answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell