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1465091

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
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, how many and what proportion of eligible parents take up tax free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	6944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2022 answer text <p>As a proportion of all families who were eligible for tax-free childcare (TFC) and had qualifying childcare, the estimated take-up rate in the UK in March 2022 was 30%, corresponding to 384,280 families. Across the 2021-22 year, 40% of eligible families (512,415) used TFC.</p><p> </p><p>Take-up of TFC varies by region, as shown below. Use of TFC tends to be greater in regions with higher populations, such as London and South East England. However, over 2021-22 the estimated take-up rate is highest in the South West of England at 49% and lowest in Scotland at 26%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region/Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Estimated no. families eligible for TFC in 2021-22</strong> <strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No users (and estimated % take up) in March 2022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No users (and estimated % take up) in 2021-22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>1,270,000</p></td><td><p>384,280 (30%)</p></td><td><p>512,415 (40%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>1,070,000</p></td><td><p>336,150 (31%)</p></td><td><p>450,395 (42%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>40,000</p></td><td><p>13,040 (33%)</p></td><td><p>17,425 (44%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>140,000</p></td><td><p>50,095 (36%)</p></td><td><p>65,620 (47%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td><td><p>33,605 (34%)</p></td><td><p>44,010 (44%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>90,000</p></td><td><p>30,915 (34%)</p></td><td><p>40,530 (45%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td><td><p>33,695 (34%)</p></td><td><p>44,575 (45%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>140,000</p></td><td><p>37,755 (27%)</p></td><td><p>51,460 (37%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>170,000</p></td><td><p>39,220 (23%)</p></td><td><p>54,285 (32%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>200,000</p></td><td><p>61,265 (31%)</p></td><td><p>83,305 (42%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td><td><p>36,555 (37%)</p></td><td><p>49,185 (49%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>60,000</p></td><td><p>13,575 (23%)</p></td><td><p>17,825 (30%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>110,000</p></td><td><p>22,710 (21%)</p></td><td><p>29,110 (26%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>30,000</p></td><td><p>9,070 (30%)</p></td><td><p>11,050 (37%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke grouped question UIN 6945 question first answered 26/05/2022 13:42:55 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1457259

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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, with reference to the rising cost of childcare and cost of living pressures facing working families, whether he has plans to increase the level of support available through the tax-free childcare scheme.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	154514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>Tax Free Childcare is a generous scheme which provides financial support for working parents with their childcare costs. For every £8 parents pay into their childcare account, the government adds £2 up to a maximum of £2,000 in top up per year for each child aged up to 11, and up to £4,000 per disabled child until they’re 17.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, all three- and four-year-olds can access 15 hours of free childcare per week, regardless of circumstance. Eligible working parents of three- and four-year-olds can also access an additional 15 hours of free childcare per week, also known as 30 hours free childcare. Moreover, Universal Credit (UC) claimants are able to claim up to 85% of their childcare costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government has no plans to change the amount of top-up provided through Tax-Free Childcare (TFC).</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 26/04/2022 13:11:30 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1457265

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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, how many people have been registered for the tax-free childcare scheme in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	154513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>Statistics relating to Tax-Free Childcare account usage are published quarterly in “Tax-Free Childcare Statistics” on the gov.uk website. The latest publication, containing information up to December 2021 is here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-free-childcare-quarterly-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-free-childcare-quarterly-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 7 of the publication shows the number of families, by Government Office Region, that have a Tax-Free Childcare account. The table below shows the number of accounts that are open, regardless of whether or not they have been used.</p><p> </p><p>Families with Open Tax-Free Childcare accounts:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>United Kingdom</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>449,355</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>614,730</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>697,145</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>426,130</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>570,020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>643,085</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North East</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18,200</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,100</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,340</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59,495</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>79,940</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>91,265</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Yorkshire and The Humber</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>40,750</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>54,815</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>62,420</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>38,215</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>51,335</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>58,095</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>43,220</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>57,910</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>65,300</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East of England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50,140</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>67,130</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>75,605</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>London</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>54,550</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>73,230</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>79,730</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South East</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>74,660</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>99,850</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>113,600</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>46,900</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>61,705</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>69,735</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,745</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,705</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15,945</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9,700</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,355</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24,435</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,240</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,645</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,805</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><strong> </strong> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 26/04/2022 13:16:53 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1457351

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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, whether his Department has plans to increase the Tax Free Child Care cap in response to the rising cost of childcare.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	154366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to increase the cap in Tax Free Childcare.</p><p> </p><p>Tax Free Childcare (TFC) is a generous scheme which provides financial support for working parents with their childcare costs. For every £8 parents pay into their childcare account, the Government adds £2 up to a maximum of £2,000 in top up per year for each child aged up to 11, and up to £4,000 per disabled child until they’re 17.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, all three- and four-year-olds can access 15 hours of free childcare per week, regardless of circumstance. Eligible working parents of three- and four-year-olds can also access an additional 15 hours of free childcare per week, also known as 30 hours free childcare. Moreover, Universal Credit (UC) claimants are able to claim up to 85% of their childcare costs.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 25/04/2022 13:22:17 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1451918

registered interest
date	16/03/2022
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 it his policy to increase the level of tax free childcare support available in the 2022 spring statement.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
uin	141324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>TFC is a generous scheme which provides financial support for working parents with their childcare costs. For every £8 that parents pay into their childcare account, the government adds £2, up to a maximum of £2,000 in top up per year for each child aged up to 11, and up to £4,000 per disabled child until they are 17.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 23/03/2022 16:02:03 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1423242

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
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 estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of applications for thirty hours of free childcare for 3 and 4 year olds that were found to have been wrongly denied in 2020 - 2021.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	125503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>In 2021 HMRC overturned 750 decisions that parents were not eligible for 30 hours free childcare for 3 and 4-year-old children of working parents on review or appeal, out of 815,000 customer journeys. This represents 0.1% of all eligibility decisions being overturned.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 23/02/2022 16:07:54 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1423243

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
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 steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of time it takes for the appeals process to be completed when persons have had their applications for thirty hours of free childcare for 3 and 4 year olds denied.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	125504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The Childcare Service, which delivers eligibility checking for 30 hours free childcare for 3 and 4-year-old children of working parents, is designed to give quick decisions and quick access to reviews when parents disagree with decisions. Cases are routinely monitored. Only a tiny fraction of parents go on to appeal to an independent tribunal after the review process concludes, only 1% last year.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 23/02/2022 16:09:13 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1423244

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
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 steps his Department is taking to improve the quality of service provided on the Childcare Service phonelines.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	125505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The front line phonelines for the Childcare Service are provided by HMRC’s delivery partners NS&amp;I. HMRC liaise closely with NS&amp;I to ensure a consistently good service is provided to agreed service standards. HMRC work collaboratively to overcome any short term issues that may arise such as Covid-19 related temporary staff shortages.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 23/02/2022 16:22:55 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1388589

registered interest
date	16/12/2021
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, how much the Government has spent on promoting the tax-free childcare scheme in each of the last four financial years.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	94347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2022 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting families with their childcare costs. 316,000 families used Tax-Free Childcare for 371,000 children and spent £35.0 million on top-up for families in September 2021; compared to 227,000 families who used Tax-Free Childcare for 263,000 children and spent £26.5m in September 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The government has spent the following on marketing and research in the current and three previous financial years.</p><p>2018/19 – £1,113,270</p><p>2019/20 – £241,580</p><p>2020/21 – £197,338</p><p>2021/22 – £151,205 (full year forecast and not all costs are committed)</p><p>In 2018/19 marketing spend involved a national campaign as part of the phased rollout of the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 05/01/2022 11:04:20 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1387664

registered interest
date	14/12/2021
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 estimate he has made of the total amount spent on childcare in England (a) from all sources and (b) from the public purse in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	92910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2021 answer text <p>The Government has spent over £4 billion each year for the last five years on childcare in the United Kingdom through childcare offers led by the Department for Education and Tax-Free Childcare and Employer Support Childcare. This £4 billion is on top of support for childcare paid to Universal Credit and Working Tax Credits claimants, though these elements are calculated as part of the total Universal Credit and tax credit spend respectively and separate figures are not available.</p><p> </p><p>At SR21, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced an uplift to the hourly rates to be paid to early years providers to deliver the government’s free hours offers, and details of the £160 million for 2022 to 2023 have recently been announced by the Department for Education. Additionally, SR21 reaffirmed £150 million to be spent on the training of early years staff to support children’s learning and development, as part of the £1.4 billion Education Recovery Programme. Demonstrating the Government’s ongoing commitment to high-quality early years education, childcare and family services.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 17/12/2021 14:47:15 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson