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843560

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Ordnance Survey: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to re-examine the Geospatial Commission proposal of November 2017 on free access to Ordnance Survey data.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	Andrew Lewer
uin	127901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>At Autumn Budget 2017, the government committed to work with Ordnance Survey (OS) and the new Geospatial Commission to establish by May 2018 how to open up freely OS’s MasterMap data to UK-based small businesses in particular. This work is underway and we will provide further updates in due course.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 27/02/2018 14:21:11 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4659 label Biography information for Andrew Lewer

843877

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Customs: Distributed Ledger Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of using distributed ledger technology for any new customs system after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	128296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>HMRC are actively considering the use of distributed ledger technologies alongside other technical options for both tax and the Customs and Excise systems. The department is currently running a proof of concept exercise in support of one of their Customs initiatives and will provide further updates as this work progresses.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 27/02/2018 14:37:02 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

843905

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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 parents or carers entitled to 30 hours free childcare have failed to receive a code from Childcare Services as a consequence of technical issues in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	128311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs have procedures in place to ensure that any parent who experiences a technical issue when applying for their 30 hours code through the online service do not lose out.</p><p> </p><p>Honourable members are able contact HM Revenue &amp; Customs Tax Credits MP helpline in order to report issues and ask questions relating to the childcare service. The helpline is available from 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 128313 question first answered 22/02/2018 15:22:54 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

843907

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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, if he will establish an MP enquiry number for the Childcare Office to assist Members' constituents as a result of technical failures relating to the generation of codes for free childcare provision.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	128313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs have procedures in place to ensure that any parent who experiences a technical issue when applying for their 30 hours code through the online service do not lose out.</p><p> </p><p>Honourable members are able contact HM Revenue &amp; Customs Tax Credits MP helpline in order to report issues and ask questions relating to the childcare service. The helpline is available from 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 128311 question first answered 22/02/2018 15:22:54 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

843983

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Public Value Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government plans to take as a result of the findings of the Barber Review, published in November 2017; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	128355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>At Autumn Budget 2017 the government accepted Sir Michael Barber’s recommendation to introduce a new Public Value Framework. The approach is being piloted in collaboration with departments during 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 22/02/2018 15:23:58 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

839249

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2018 to Question 124116 on Children: Daycare, how many of the callers to the childcare service helpline successfully completed their application for Tax-Free Childcare.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	127803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Parents call the childcare service helpline for a variety of reasons relating to the Tax-Free Childcare or 30 hours free childcare schemes. HMRC does not hold data about the number of parents who call before or while making an application for Tax-Free Childcare subsequently submit an application.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department for Education is responsible for 30 hours free childcare guidance. The childcare service helpline provides advice to parents who have a change in circumstances.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 127804 question first answered 20/02/2018 12:52:18 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

839250

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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 guidance his Department has issued on 30 hours free childcare provision to parents whose job circumstances change in the rolling three-month period.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	127804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Parents call the childcare service helpline for a variety of reasons relating to the Tax-Free Childcare or 30 hours free childcare schemes. HMRC does not hold data about the number of parents who call before or while making an application for Tax-Free Childcare subsequently submit an application.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department for Education is responsible for 30 hours free childcare guidance. The childcare service helpline provides advice to parents who have a change in circumstances.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 127803 question first answered 20/02/2018 12:52:18 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

839315

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Childcare Vouchers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of eligible employees of his Department use childcare vouchers.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	127869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>8.5% of eligible HM Treasury employees use childcare vouchers.</p><p> </p><p>The childcare voucher scheme is a salary sacrifice scheme which means that an employee agrees to a reduction in their taxable salary, and receives the equivalent amount in childcare vouchers instead.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/02/2018 12:07:50 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

838506

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
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 contingency plans his Department had made prior to the launch of the new childcare website in the event of problems with that website; and whether such plans were implemented when problems occurred.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	127326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>HMRC continually reviews the performance of the childcare service and, working with their delivery partner National Savings and Investments, has made a range of improvements to the way the service works.</p><p>Whilst the majority of parents use the service without problems, some parents have experienced difficulties. HMRC has arrangements in place to ensure that no parents miss out financially as a result of these issues. Where parents have missed out on Tax-Free Childcare payments, HMRC pay compensation to reimburse them for missed government top-ups. HMRC have also issued 30 hours free childcare codes manually to parents, where technical issues prevented them from getting their code through the digital childcare service.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 127328 question first answered 22/02/2018 15:25:49 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

838508

registered interest
date	07/02/2018
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, whether his Department has conducted an internal review of the reliability of the new childcare website.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	127328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>HMRC continually reviews the performance of the childcare service and, working with their delivery partner National Savings and Investments, has made a range of improvements to the way the service works.</p><p>Whilst the majority of parents use the service without problems, some parents have experienced difficulties. HMRC has arrangements in place to ensure that no parents miss out financially as a result of these issues. Where parents have missed out on Tax-Free Childcare payments, HMRC pay compensation to reimburse them for missed government top-ups. HMRC have also issued 30 hours free childcare codes manually to parents, where technical issues prevented them from getting their code through the digital childcare service.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 127326 question first answered 22/02/2018 15:25:49 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali