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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

837807

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department plans to spend on projects relating to the UK leaving the EU in the next five years; and if he will list the projects to which that funding has been assigned.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	126838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury has already allocated departments nearly £700 million to prepare for Brexit: £412m for DIT, FCO and DExEU over the parliament at Autumn Statement 2016 and nearly £300m across a number of departments from the Reserve in 17/18 – HMT itself received £6m of this funding.</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Budget 2017 HM Treasury made another £3bn of additional funding available over 18/19 and 19/20 – £1.5bn in each year. We are currently working to determine HMT’s allocation for 18/19 and we are aiming to agree this soon.</p><p> </p><p>Departmental allocations for 19/20 will be agreed later on in the year and decisions on funding in 20/21 and beyond will be decided at the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 12/02/2018 15:24:07 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

837822

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Poverty: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February to Question 125706, on Poverty: Children, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the freeze on (a) child benefit and (b) child tax credits on child poverty in the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	126853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>The proportion of people in absolute poverty is at record lows. Since 2010 there are 600,000 fewer people in absolute poverty, including 200,000 fewer children. Work is the most effective way out of poverty and unemployment has not been lower since 1975. From 2008 to 2015, average earnings grew by 12%, whereas most working-age benefits increased by 21%.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 12/02/2018 15:22:05 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

838077

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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 6 February 2018 to Question 126082 on Children: Day Care, whether his Department has requested technical improvements to the Childcare Choices website capability since 1 January 2017.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	127082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The Childcare Choices website (found at www.childcarechoices.gov.uk) provides information for parents on all government schemes which offer support towards childcare costs. The website helps parents to choose which form of government childcare support works best for them. The content of the website is regularly updated, and there have been no significant technical issues with the site since it was launched.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/02/2018 08:44:36 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

837611

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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 the annual administration costs are of (a) the childcare voucher scheme and (b) tax-free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	126730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>HMRC estimate that less than 1% of families eligible to receive Tax-Free Childcare will not be able to use online services or access the internet. These parents are able to apply by telephone by contacting the helpline on 0300 1234097. To date around 500 parents have used this facility to access Tax-Free Childcare or 30 hours free childcare.</p><p>The estimated cost to the Exchequer for Employer National Insurance forgone, in relation to Employer Supported Childcare schemes, is £220 million per year.</p><p>The estimated annual operating costs for the childcare service, through which parents apply for both Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare, are £35.6million for 2018/19 and £47.5million for 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 126732 question first answered 08/02/2018 15:02:13 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

837613

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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 recent estimate he has made of the number and proportion of families eligible to receive Tax Free Childcare that do not have access to the internet.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	126732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>HMRC estimate that less than 1% of families eligible to receive Tax-Free Childcare will not be able to use online services or access the internet. These parents are able to apply by telephone by contacting the helpline on 0300 1234097. To date around 500 parents have used this facility to access Tax-Free Childcare or 30 hours free childcare.</p><p>The estimated cost to the Exchequer for Employer National Insurance forgone, in relation to Employer Supported Childcare schemes, is £220 million per year.</p><p>The estimated annual operating costs for the childcare service, through which parents apply for both Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare, are £35.6million for 2018/19 and £47.5million for 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 126730 question first answered 08/02/2018 15:02:13 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

837622

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Self-employed: Parental Leave and Parental Pay
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 potential benefits that extending shared parental (a) leave and (b) pay to self-employed workers would provide to families accessing maternity or paternity leave.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	126741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The government set out in its response to the Taylor Review of modern employment practices that while it agrees with the principle of equalising benefits for the self-employed it is right to only consider making changes to this area once we have carefully considered this in the wider context of tax, benefits and rights over the longer term.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, we have taken significant steps to equalise the state benefits provided to the employed and self-employed, including giving the self-employed access to the full rate of the new State Pension for the first time, (worth up to £1,900/year more).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 08/02/2018 14:24:10 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

835974

registered interest
date	02/02/2018
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what structural reforms his Department requested of the Ministry of Defence as part of the 2010 Comprehensive Spending Review.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	126329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>The 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review, published 19<sup>th</sup> October 2010, set out the government of the day’s plans for the Ministry of Defence.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 09/02/2018 14:05:12 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

834600

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
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, for what reasons low earning families are not able to claim working tax credits or universal credit if they are using tax-free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	126048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s Childcare offer targets greater levels of support at those on lower incomes, but also offers support to parents with middle and higher incomes, who may also struggle with the cost of childcare.</p><p> </p><p>Childcare costs are taken into account when Universal Credit and tax credits are calculated, and these benefits offer more generous support with childcare costs (up to 70% under tax credits or up to 85% under Universal Credit) than Tax-Free Childcare to families on lower incomes.</p><p> </p><p>Parents who receive tax credits or Universal Credit can choose whether to continue receiving those benefits or to apply for Tax-Free Childcare.</p><p> </p><p>More information on the help that parents can get with childcare costs can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs</a>.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 09/02/2018 13:59:26 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

834633

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
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, which companies are contracted to deliver the Childcare Choices website; and whether those companies have been subject to financial sanctions for the website's faults.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	126081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>This Childcare Choices website brings together all the government schemes which offer support towards childcare costs. Binary Vision is the external contractor that hosts the site. This website has not experienced any significant technical faults.</p><p> </p><p>It is not the Government’s practice to release correspondence between departments and their contactors since it may be commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 126082 question first answered 06/02/2018 13:07:14 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin