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693642

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
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 estimate he has made of the average benefit that will accrue to families from the proposed tax-free childcare scheme.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	65391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2017 answer text <p>I am pleased to confirm the government will soon be launching Tax-Free Childcare which will allow working families to receive up to £2,000 childcare support per child, per year. The new scheme will roll out gradually following the completion of the current Trial.</p><p>Tax-Free Childcare will be rolled out to all eligible families before the end of 2017 in a safe and managed way to ensure that the system runs smoothly for parents.</p><p> </p><p>The average benefit accruing to families from the proposed Tax-Free Childcare scheme is estimated to be around £800 per year.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated cost of Tax-Free Childcare in each year of this parliament is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost (£bn)</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These estimates are published in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook - November 2016.</p><p><a href="http://www.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-november-2016/" target="_blank">www.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-november-2016/</a></p><p> </p><p>As set out at Autumn Statement 2016, once the scheme is fully rolled out, the government will review its operation to ensure it is delivering as intended and to assess the benefit it is delivering for working parents. We will also publish details about the numbers of families taking-up the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 65390 65396 65397 65398 question first answered 03/03/2017 10:23:48 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

693643

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
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 criteria his Department plans to use to measure the success of the proposed tax-free childcare scheme.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	65390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2017 answer text <p>I am pleased to confirm the government will soon be launching Tax-Free Childcare which will allow working families to receive up to £2,000 childcare support per child, per year. The new scheme will roll out gradually following the completion of the current Trial.</p><p>Tax-Free Childcare will be rolled out to all eligible families before the end of 2017 in a safe and managed way to ensure that the system runs smoothly for parents.</p><p> </p><p>The average benefit accruing to families from the proposed Tax-Free Childcare scheme is estimated to be around £800 per year.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated cost of Tax-Free Childcare in each year of this parliament is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost (£bn)</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These estimates are published in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook - November 2016.</p><p><a href="http://www.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-november-2016/" target="_blank">www.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-november-2016/</a></p><p> </p><p>As set out at Autumn Statement 2016, once the scheme is fully rolled out, the government will review its operation to ensure it is delivering as intended and to assess the benefit it is delivering for working parents. We will also publish details about the numbers of families taking-up the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 65391 65396 65397 65398 question first answered 03/03/2017 10:23:48 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

693645

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
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 his Department will report on the level of take up of tax-free childcare of (a) self-employed people and (b) other workers who earn the national living wage.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	65396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2017 answer text <p>I am pleased to confirm the government will soon be launching Tax-Free Childcare which will allow working families to receive up to £2,000 childcare support per child, per year. The new scheme will roll out gradually following the completion of the current Trial.</p><p>Tax-Free Childcare will be rolled out to all eligible families before the end of 2017 in a safe and managed way to ensure that the system runs smoothly for parents.</p><p> </p><p>The average benefit accruing to families from the proposed Tax-Free Childcare scheme is estimated to be around £800 per year.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated cost of Tax-Free Childcare in each year of this parliament is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost (£bn)</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These estimates are published in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook - November 2016.</p><p><a href="http://www.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-november-2016/" target="_blank">www.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-november-2016/</a></p><p> </p><p>As set out at Autumn Statement 2016, once the scheme is fully rolled out, the government will review its operation to ensure it is delivering as intended and to assess the benefit it is delivering for working parents. We will also publish details about the numbers of families taking-up the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 65390 65391 65397 65398 question first answered 03/03/2017 10:23:49 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

693646

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
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 estimate the annual cost to the public purse of the planned tax-free childcare scheme; and what the take-up rate has been of that scheme prior to its roll-out.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	65397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2017 answer text <p>I am pleased to confirm the government will soon be launching Tax-Free Childcare which will allow working families to receive up to £2,000 childcare support per child, per year. The new scheme will roll out gradually following the completion of the current Trial.</p><p>Tax-Free Childcare will be rolled out to all eligible families before the end of 2017 in a safe and managed way to ensure that the system runs smoothly for parents.</p><p> </p><p>The average benefit accruing to families from the proposed Tax-Free Childcare scheme is estimated to be around £800 per year.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated cost of Tax-Free Childcare in each year of this parliament is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost (£bn)</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These estimates are published in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook - November 2016.</p><p><a href="http://www.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-november-2016/" target="_blank">www.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-november-2016/</a></p><p> </p><p>As set out at Autumn Statement 2016, once the scheme is fully rolled out, the government will review its operation to ensure it is delivering as intended and to assess the benefit it is delivering for working parents. We will also publish details about the numbers of families taking-up the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 65390 65391 65396 65398 question first answered 03/03/2017 10:23:49 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

693647

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
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, when the roll-out of tax-free childcare will (a) begin and (b) be completed.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	65398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2017 answer text <p>I am pleased to confirm the government will soon be launching Tax-Free Childcare which will allow working families to receive up to £2,000 childcare support per child, per year. The new scheme will roll out gradually following the completion of the current Trial.</p><p>Tax-Free Childcare will be rolled out to all eligible families before the end of 2017 in a safe and managed way to ensure that the system runs smoothly for parents.</p><p> </p><p>The average benefit accruing to families from the proposed Tax-Free Childcare scheme is estimated to be around £800 per year.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated cost of Tax-Free Childcare in each year of this parliament is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost (£bn)</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These estimates are published in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook - November 2016.</p><p><a href="http://www.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-november-2016/" target="_blank">www.budgetresponsibility.org.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-november-2016/</a></p><p> </p><p>As set out at Autumn Statement 2016, once the scheme is fully rolled out, the government will review its operation to ensure it is delivering as intended and to assess the benefit it is delivering for working parents. We will also publish details about the numbers of families taking-up the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 65390 65391 65396 65397 question first answered 03/03/2017 10:23:49 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

686993

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
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 framework his Department plans to use to evaluate the roll-out of tax-free-childcare and its effect on (a) parental employment, (b) childcare prices and (c) quality of childcare.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	63767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>Once Tax-Free Childcare is fully rolled out, the government will review its operation to ensure it is delivering as intended and to assess the benefit it is delivering for working families.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 20/02/2017 12:32:41 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

682235

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
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 distributional analysis his Department has undertaken of the impact of tax-free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	62469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>HM Treasury publishes comprehensive distributional analysis that looks at all of the tax, welfare and public spending changes that affect households. Looking at Tax-Free Childcare in isolation would only present a partial picture of the support the government is providing for families. The last publication from Autumn Statement 2016 can be found online: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/autumn-statement-2016-documents</p><p>The government is updating the impact assessment for Tax-Free Childcare to reflect changes made since the scheme was first announced. It will be published before the scheme launches early this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 03/02/2017 10:40:11 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

662797

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
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 plans his Department has to publish an updated impact assessment of tax-free childcare to include the changes to eligibility criteria for such childcare announced in the Autumn Statement 2016.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	58573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The government is updating the impact assessment for Tax-Free Childcare. This will reflect changes made since the scheme was first announced, including changes to the eligibility criteria made at Autumn Statement 2015. It will be published before the scheme launches early this year.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 09/01/2017 14:47:27 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

662810

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
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 progress his Department has made on the roll-out of tax-free childcare; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	58655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare will be launched early this year. It will be rolled out gradually to parents in a managed and careful way to ensure the introduction of this new scheme is as smooth as possible for parents. All eligible parents will be able to access the scheme by the end of 2017.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 09/01/2017 14:48:53 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

658003

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
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 cost to the public purse has been of the childcare element of working tax credits in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	57328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>The cost of the childcare element of working tax credits from 2010-11 onwards is available from Table 3.2 from HM Revenue and Customs' Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: finalised annual awards National Statistics publications, available at : <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-tax-credits-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-tax-credits-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>These have been summarised in the table below<em>:</em></p><p>Annualised entitlement of childcare element (in £ million)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Singles</p></td><td><p>Couples</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>957</p></td><td><p>591</p></td><td><p>1,548</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>758</p></td><td><p>459</p></td><td><p>1,217</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>705</p></td><td><p>416</p></td><td><p>1,121</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>760</p></td><td><p>407</p></td><td><p>1,167</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>793</p></td><td><p>401</p></td><td><p>1,194</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 16/12/2016 11:52:13 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq