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904645

registered interest
date	15/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Care Workers: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what implications there are for his policy of the report Care workers, challenges of the tax and benefits system, published on 2 May 2018 by the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group; and whether his Department has made an assessment of potential risks of care workers being paid less than the minimum wage.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	144269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p><strong></strong>The government keeps all tax and welfare policies under review. We continue to monitor closely the social care workforce and the experience of care workers, and have committed to publishing a joint health and workforce strategy that will define ways to further support our much-valued care workforce. We remain fully committed to strong enforcement of National Minimum and Living Wage (NMW) rates for all workers, including those in the social care sector, in accordance with the law.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 21/05/2018 12:25:16 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

904656

registered interest
date	15/05/2018
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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money from the public purse was spent on tax-free childcare in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	144292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 19 March 2018 (PQ 133037).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 144293 144294 question first answered 23/05/2018 09:19:57 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

904657

registered interest
date	15/05/2018
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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on tax-free childcare in the financial year 2018-19 to date.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	144293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 19 March 2018 (PQ 133037).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 144292 144294 question first answered 23/05/2018 09:19:57 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

904658

registered interest
date	15/05/2018
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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, (a) how much his Department has allocated to spend on and (b) what recent estimate his Department has made of its total spending on tax-free childcare for the financial year 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	144294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 19 March 2018 (PQ 133037).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 144292 144293 question first answered 23/05/2018 09:19:57 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

904819

registered interest
date	15/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has been of made the cost to the public purse of the (a) total and (b) additional staffing costs of the Windrush compensation programme.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	144377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>As the Home Secretary has set out, the Government is committed to putting right the wrongs experienced by the Windrush generation, and is clear that where people have suffered loss they will be compensated. The Home Office is still working through the detail of what this scheme will look like, including potential costs to the department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 21/05/2018 12:17:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

904831

registered interest
date	15/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department overpaid in tax credit claims in the last financial year; and what the estimated cost is of recovering those overpayments.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	144186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>The latest tax credit overpayment statistics available relate to the financial year 2015-16 and statistics relating to the financial year 2016-17 are due to be released this summer.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the available statistics relating to 2015-16, there were 1.4m overpaid tax credit awards, which amounted to £1.572m in overpayments. This figure can be found on page 8 of the Child and Working Tax Credits, Finalised Annual Awards, Supplement on Payments National Statistics, and is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/617181/Child_and_Working_Tax_Credits_statistics_finalised_annual_awards__supplement_on_payments_-_2015_to_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/617181/Child_and_Working_Tax_Credits_statistics_finalised_annual_awards__supplement_on_payments_-_2015_to_2016.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Information regarding the estimated cost of recovering such overpayments can only be made available at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/05/2018 09:22:54 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

904834

registered interest
date	15/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
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 amount of unclaimed entitlement to tax credits in the last financial year.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	144188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>The latest published estimates on take-up of tax credits are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-benefit-child-tax-credit-ctc-and-working-tax-credit-wtc-take-up-rates-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-benefit-child-tax-credit-ctc-and-working-tax-credit-wtc-take-up-rates-2015-to-2016</a></p><p>The publication includes estimates of unclaimed tax credit entitlements for 2015-16. 2016-17 estimates are expected to be released in December 2018.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/05/2018 09:21:21 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

906284

registered interest
date	15/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cost of Living: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to support families with the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Banbury
tabling member printed	Victoria Prentis
uin	905455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to helping families both earn more and keep more of what they earn. On 1<sup>st</sup> April 2018, the National Living Wage (NLW) increased by 4.4% to £7.83. This represents an annual pay rise of over £2,000 for a full-time worker since the NLW was introduced in April 2016. The Personal Allowance and Higher Rate Threshold also increased in line with CPI, to £11,850 and £46,350 respectively. These changes to income tax will help 31 million people and mean a typical basic rate taxpayer will pay £1,075 less income tax in 2018-19 then in 2010-11.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 21/05/2018 12:22:07 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis

904039

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in (a) UK, (b) Wales, and (c) Aberavon constituency are subject to the high income child benefit tax charge.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	143795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) was introduced in 2013 to help reduce the fiscal deficit and to ensure that support is targeted at those who need it most. HICBC applies to someone with an income over £50,000 who claims Child Benefit, or whose partner claims it. The tax charge increases gradually for taxpayers with incomes between £50,000 and £60,000.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 143796 143797 question first answered 22/05/2018 14:49:29 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

904041

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	High Income Child Benefit Tax Charge
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the high income child benefit tax charge.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	143796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) was introduced in 2013 to help reduce the fiscal deficit and to ensure that support is targeted at those who need it most. HICBC applies to someone with an income over £50,000 who claims Child Benefit, or whose partner claims it. The tax charge increases gradually for taxpayers with incomes between £50,000 and £60,000.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 143795 143797 question first answered 22/05/2018 14:49:29 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock