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1110772

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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, what forecast the Office of Budget responsibility has made for spending on tax-free childcare in each year since its introduction and until 2025.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	242848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The forecasts for spending on Tax-Free Childcare can be found in table 4.17 of the OBR’s Economic &amp; Fiscal Outlook (<a href="https://cdn.obr.uk/March-2019_EFO_Web-Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://cdn.obr.uk/March-2019_EFO_Web-Accessible.pdf</a>) and are contained in table 1 below, along with forecasts of the number of families and the proportion of eligible families using Tax-Free Childcare.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Forecast</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023/24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TFC Spending</strong></p></td><td><p>£32m</p></td><td><p>£0.1bn</p></td><td><p>£0.3bn</p></td><td><p>£0.4bn</p></td><td><p>£0.6bn</p></td><td><p>£0.8bn</p></td><td><p>£1.0bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of Families Using TFC (at year end)</strong></p></td><td><p>47,000</p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td><td><p>0.3m</p></td><td><p>0.4m</p></td><td><p>0.5m</p></td><td><p>0.6m</p></td><td><p>0.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Proportion of Eligible Families Using TFC</strong></p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Details on Tax-Free Childcare usage up to December 2018 can be found in the official statistics publication (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-december-2018</a>).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The statistics show that 90,800 families used Tax-Free Childcare in December 2018. This represents around 5.8 per cent of eligible families.</p><p> </p><p>The statistics also show that 256,900 families had an open Tax-Free Childcare account in December 2018, and that 35 per cent of these had been used during the month.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 242849 242850 242852 question first answered 23/04/2019 07:04:43 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1110773

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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 and what proportion of families estimated to be eligible for tax-free childcare have received such childcare in each year since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	242849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The forecasts for spending on Tax-Free Childcare can be found in table 4.17 of the OBR’s Economic &amp; Fiscal Outlook (<a href="https://cdn.obr.uk/March-2019_EFO_Web-Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://cdn.obr.uk/March-2019_EFO_Web-Accessible.pdf</a>) and are contained in table 1 below, along with forecasts of the number of families and the proportion of eligible families using Tax-Free Childcare.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Forecast</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023/24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TFC Spending</strong></p></td><td><p>£32m</p></td><td><p>£0.1bn</p></td><td><p>£0.3bn</p></td><td><p>£0.4bn</p></td><td><p>£0.6bn</p></td><td><p>£0.8bn</p></td><td><p>£1.0bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of Families Using TFC (at year end)</strong></p></td><td><p>47,000</p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td><td><p>0.3m</p></td><td><p>0.4m</p></td><td><p>0.5m</p></td><td><p>0.6m</p></td><td><p>0.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Proportion of Eligible Families Using TFC</strong></p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Details on Tax-Free Childcare usage up to December 2018 can be found in the official statistics publication (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-december-2018</a>).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The statistics show that 90,800 families used Tax-Free Childcare in December 2018. This represents around 5.8 per cent of eligible families.</p><p> </p><p>The statistics also show that 256,900 families had an open Tax-Free Childcare account in December 2018, and that 35 per cent of these had been used during the month.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 242848 242850 242852 question first answered 23/04/2019 07:04:44 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1110774

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of families who will access tax-free childcare in each year up to 2025.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	242850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The forecasts for spending on Tax-Free Childcare can be found in table 4.17 of the OBR’s Economic &amp; Fiscal Outlook (<a href="https://cdn.obr.uk/March-2019_EFO_Web-Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://cdn.obr.uk/March-2019_EFO_Web-Accessible.pdf</a>) and are contained in table 1 below, along with forecasts of the number of families and the proportion of eligible families using Tax-Free Childcare.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Forecast</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023/24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TFC Spending</strong></p></td><td><p>£32m</p></td><td><p>£0.1bn</p></td><td><p>£0.3bn</p></td><td><p>£0.4bn</p></td><td><p>£0.6bn</p></td><td><p>£0.8bn</p></td><td><p>£1.0bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of Families Using TFC (at year end)</strong></p></td><td><p>47,000</p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td><td><p>0.3m</p></td><td><p>0.4m</p></td><td><p>0.5m</p></td><td><p>0.6m</p></td><td><p>0.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Proportion of Eligible Families Using TFC</strong></p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Details on Tax-Free Childcare usage up to December 2018 can be found in the official statistics publication (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-december-2018</a>).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The statistics show that 90,800 families used Tax-Free Childcare in December 2018. This represents around 5.8 per cent of eligible families.</p><p> </p><p>The statistics also show that 256,900 families had an open Tax-Free Childcare account in December 2018, and that 35 per cent of these had been used during the month.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 242848 242849 242852 question first answered 23/04/2019 07:04:44 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1110775

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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, what estimate he has made of the cost of administering the tax-free childcare scheme.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	242851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>HMRC administer Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare through the childcare service. The average annual operating cost for the childcare service over the five years to 2021/22 is estimated as £34.1m.</p><p> </p><p>Details on Tax-Free Childcare usage up to December 2018 can be found in the official statistics publication (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-december-2018</a>).</p><p>Details on 30 hours free childcare usage is published by the Department for Education (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility-codes-issued-and-validated" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility-codes-issued-and-validated</a>)</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/04/2019 07:10:05 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1110776

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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 families have a tax-free childcare account; and what proportion of those families have received financial assistance through the tax-free childcare scheme.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	242852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The forecasts for spending on Tax-Free Childcare can be found in table 4.17 of the OBR’s Economic &amp; Fiscal Outlook (<a href="https://cdn.obr.uk/March-2019_EFO_Web-Accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://cdn.obr.uk/March-2019_EFO_Web-Accessible.pdf</a>) and are contained in table 1 below, along with forecasts of the number of families and the proportion of eligible families using Tax-Free Childcare.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Forecast</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023/24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TFC Spending</strong></p></td><td><p>£32m</p></td><td><p>£0.1bn</p></td><td><p>£0.3bn</p></td><td><p>£0.4bn</p></td><td><p>£0.6bn</p></td><td><p>£0.8bn</p></td><td><p>£1.0bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of Families Using TFC (at year end)</strong></p></td><td><p>47,000</p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td><td><p>0.3m</p></td><td><p>0.4m</p></td><td><p>0.5m</p></td><td><p>0.6m</p></td><td><p>0.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Proportion of Eligible Families Using TFC</strong></p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Details on Tax-Free Childcare usage up to December 2018 can be found in the official statistics publication (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-december-2018</a>).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The statistics show that 90,800 families used Tax-Free Childcare in December 2018. This represents around 5.8 per cent of eligible families.</p><p> </p><p>The statistics also show that 256,900 families had an open Tax-Free Childcare account in December 2018, and that 35 per cent of these had been used during the month.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 242848 242849 242850 question first answered 23/04/2019 07:04:44 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1015509

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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, what recent assessment has he made on the effect of the tax-free childcare scheme on levels of employer engagement.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	196283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare provides an opportunity for all employers to engage with working parents about their childcare arrangements, regardless of whether or not they offer childcare vouchers. HMRC are working with employers so that they understand the government childcare support which is available.</p><p>Employers across the UK can pay directly into parents’ Tax-Free Childcare accounts. A factsheet entitled “Tax-Free Childcare: What Employers Need to Know” sets out details of how to do this and can be found at the following link:</p><p>https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/communications-toolkit</p><p>Tax-Free Childcare is designed to be fairer and better targeted than the legacy system, childcare vouchers. We estimate that Tax-Free Childcare will provide support to nearly 1 million more families compared to the number using childcare vouchers.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 03/12/2018 13:36:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1010577

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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 people have reported technical issues with tax-free childcare payments to his Department as of October 2018; and how those people so affected will be compensated.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	193504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The vast majority of parents apply for and use their childcare accounts without problems. Where parents have experienced technical issues that impact them financially, HMRC has arrangements in place to ensure that they do not miss out as a result. Where parents report technical issues with their Tax-Free Childcare payments, HMRC pay compensation to reimburse them for any missed government top-up.</p><p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has received 4,560 complaints from parents who have experienced technical issues with the childcare service. HMRC does not hold information on the breakdown of the complaints in relation to Tax-Free Childcare payments specifically.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 28/11/2018 16:54:32 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1006112

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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 complaints have been revived from people left unable to access their childcare account as a result of technical difficulties in each year since the introduction of those accounts.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	190785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text The vast majority of parents apply for and use their childcare account without problems, including getting their 30 hours eligibility code. Where parents have experienced technical issues, HMRC has arrangements in place to ensure that they do not miss out as a result. Manual codes are issued to enable parents to access a 30 hours place when they are eligible if they cannot get a digital code within the required timeline. The number of manual codes issued has been decreasing since September 2017 as the system has become embedded and enhanced.<p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has received 4,560 complaints from parents who have experienced technical issues with the childcare service.<p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has issued 35,370 codes manually to parents.<p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has paid out £200,000 in redress to parents for expenses such as telephone calls to the helpline. answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/11/2018 18:01:08 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

1006113

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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 30 hours free childcare codes have been issued manually as a result of faults in the childcare account system.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	190786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text The vast majority of parents apply for and use their childcare account without problems, including getting their 30 hours eligibility code. Where parents have experienced technical issues, HMRC has arrangements in place to ensure that they do not miss out as a result. Manual codes are issued via a standard exception process that enables parents to access a 30 hours place when they are eligible if they cannot get a digital code within the required timeline. The number of manual codes issued has been decreasing since September 2017 as the system has become embedded.<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has received 4,560 complaints from parents who have experienced technical issues with the childcare service.<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has issued 35,370 codes manually to parents.<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has paid out £200,000 in redress to parents for expenses such as telephone calls to the helpline.<p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 190787 question first answered 20/11/2018 08:57:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

1006114

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
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 people have received financial compensation as a result of not having access to their online childcare account; and how much money has been paid out of the public purse for that compensation.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	190787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text The vast majority of parents apply for and use their childcare account without problems, including getting their 30 hours eligibility code. Where parents have experienced technical issues, HMRC has arrangements in place to ensure that they do not miss out as a result. Manual codes are issued via a standard exception process that enables parents to access a 30 hours place when they are eligible if they cannot get a digital code within the required timeline. The number of manual codes issued has been decreasing since September 2017 as the system has become embedded.<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has received 4,560 complaints from parents who have experienced technical issues with the childcare service.<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has issued 35,370 codes manually to parents.<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has paid out £200,000 in redress to parents for expenses such as telephone calls to the helpline.<p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 190786 question first answered 20/11/2018 08:57:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby