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942859

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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 assessment he has made of the effect of tax-free childcare on employer engagement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	165013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>For question 165013 I refer the honourable member to the answer I gave the honourable member for Birmingham Selly Oak on 30 January 2018 (124940).</p><p> </p><p>The forecast expenditure on Tax-Free Childcare was published by the Office for Budget Responsibility in March 2018 at <a href="http://cdn.obr.uk/EFO-MaRch_2018.pdf" target="_blank">http://cdn.obr.uk/EFO-MaRch_2018.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 165016 question first answered 23/07/2018 13:21:45 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

942923

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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, if he will make an assessment of the effect on parental (a) employment and (b) productivity of the (i) Tax-Free childcare and (ii) 30-hours free childcare scheme.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Mr Alister Jack
uin	165140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The government is keeping Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare under review and will continue to evaluate the effects.</p><p>We are conducting a programme of research and analysis to help us to evaluate the schemes, which we will publish once it is complete.</p><p> </p><p>The independent evaluation of 30 hours’ early implementation and early rollout areas found that 23% of mothers and 9% of fathers had increased their working hours after receiving support through 30 hours. The full report was published in July 2017 and can be found at</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/628938/Evaluation_of_early_implementation_of_30_hours_free_childcare_-_Brief.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/628938/Evaluation_of_early_implementation_of_30_hours_free_childcare_-_Brief.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Over 2 million parents have visited the Childcare Choices website since it was launched in March 2017. Through the site, parents can find out what government help is available and information on how to apply for each offer.</p><p> </p><p>They can also use the childcare calculator to understand what offers might be best for them, and scenario play to see how that might change if they increase their hours or their circumstances. The calculator has been used over 1.6 million times since it was launched.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 165141 question first answered 25/07/2018 11:15:21 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack

942924

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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 assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of the Childcare Choices website has had on trends in the level of parents accessing available childcare options.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Mr Alister Jack
uin	165141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The government is keeping Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare under review and will continue to evaluate the effects.</p><p>We are conducting a programme of research and analysis to help us to evaluate the schemes, which we will publish once it is complete.</p><p> </p><p>The independent evaluation of 30 hours’ early implementation and early rollout areas found that 23% of mothers and 9% of fathers had increased their working hours after receiving support through 30 hours. The full report was published in July 2017 and can be found at</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/628938/Evaluation_of_early_implementation_of_30_hours_free_childcare_-_Brief.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/628938/Evaluation_of_early_implementation_of_30_hours_free_childcare_-_Brief.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Over 2 million parents have visited the Childcare Choices website since it was launched in March 2017. Through the site, parents can find out what government help is available and information on how to apply for each offer.</p><p> </p><p>They can also use the childcare calculator to understand what offers might be best for them, and scenario play to see how that might change if they increase their hours or their circumstances. The calculator has been used over 1.6 million times since it was launched.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 165140 question first answered 25/07/2018 11:15:21 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4619 label Biography information for Mr Alister Jack

942960

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there will be a Barnett consequential for the Scottish budget as a result of the additional funding provided for Computing Science in education in England.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	164979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The additional funding for computing science in education formed part of the Skills package announced at the 2017 Autumn Budget. The Barnett Formula was applied in the normal way to these allocations and resulted in Barnett consequentials for the Scottish Government of £4.3 million in 2018/19 and £7.3 million in 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>The Barnett consequentials for the devolved administrations are shown in HM Treasury’s Block Grant Transparency publication (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/block-grant-transparency-december-2017-publication).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/07/2018 13:23:12 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

942977

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Executive
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Government has spent on preparing Northern Ireland Executive departments for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	164904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is making additional funding available so that departments and the devolved administrations can prepare effectively for EU Exit.</p><p>At Autumn Budget 2017 we made an additional £3 billion available for 2018-19 and 2019-20 (£1.5bn each year) on top of £700 million additional funding previously announced.</p><p>The devolved administrations are receiving their full share of additional funding in devolved areas through the Barnett Formula. Through this process the Northern Ireland Executive departments have so far been allocated an additional £2.35m in 2017-18 and £15.2m in 2018-19.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 25/07/2018 11:17:32 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

942978

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	LIBOR
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much LIBOR funding he has yet to allocate.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	165031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The LIBOR grant scheme was closed following the announcement of the final tranche of funding at Autumn Budget 2017. All LIBOR fines received from the Financial Conduct Authority have been committed.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/07/2018 13:18:43 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

943097

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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 estimate he has made of the number of parents applying for tax-free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	165016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>For question 165013 I refer the honourable member to the answer I gave the honourable member for Birmingham Selly Oak on 30 January 2018 (124940).</p><p> </p><p>The forecast expenditure on Tax-Free Childcare was published by the Office for Budget Responsibility in March 2018 at <a href="http://cdn.obr.uk/EFO-MaRch_2018.pdf" target="_blank">http://cdn.obr.uk/EFO-MaRch_2018.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 165013 question first answered 23/07/2018 13:21:46 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell