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date	31/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 154 of the HMRC Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17, how much in tax credits overpayments is written off due to the sums being time-barred under the provisions of the Limitation Act 1980 (or equivalent legislation applying in Scotland and Northern Ireland) in each tax year from 2013-14 to 2016-17 inclusive.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	125881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The Limitation Act 1980 does not prevent HMRC recovering tax credits overpayment. We can ask the customer to repay the debt regardless of how old it is. The Act only restricts the time in which HMRC can take court proceedings to recover the debt.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/02/2018 12:13:21 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

834369

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 124887, what additional funding he plans to make available to support the working parents of disabled people aged between 16 and 20 for the finance of their care.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Ms Marie Rimmer
uin	125989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>Child Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is a benefit for children under the age of 16 who, due to a disability or health condition, have mobility issues and/or require substantially more care, attention &amp; supervision than children their age normally would. If a parent or carer is claiming Child Tax Credits (CTC) and their child is in receipt of DLA or Personal Independence Payments (PIP), they are also eligible for additional premiums on their award and for childcare support.</p><p> </p><p>When a child approaches 16, they are informed that their DLA award will soon end and are invited to claim PIP. Spending on main disability benefits – PIP, DLA and Attendance Allowance – has risen by £4.1bn since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Parents of disabled people between 16 and 20 may be able to claim Carer’s Allowance. More information about eligibility can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/carers-allowance/eligibility" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/carers-allowance/eligibility</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/02/2018 11:49:04 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

834397

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
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 cost to the public purse has been of the Childcare Choices website.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	126016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>This Childcare Choices website brings together all the government schemes which offer support towards childcare costs. The cost of designing, building, and testing the website was £82,670. Annual operating costs for the website were provided in my response to the Hon. Member for Manchester Central on 16 January (122378).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/02/2018 11:51:06 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin