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862027

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Duty Free Allowances: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will launch a consultation on the merits of duty free sales to EU countries after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	132446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The issues around duty-free are complex, with a range of possible approaches. At this stage the government cannot make assumptions about the tax rules at the EU border, or pre-empt the outcome of negotiations.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 19/03/2018 14:13:25 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

862065

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 124788, what the evidential basis is for the Government’s estimation that parents with children under the age of twelve have higher childcare costs than parents with children under the age of fifteen.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	132484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government announced the closure of the childcare voucher scheme to new entrants at Budget 2016. Therefore, parents of 12 to 15 year olds have either decided not to join the voucher scheme or are unable to join the scheme because they are self-employed or their employer does not offer vouchers. Parents who meet the eligibility requirements will not necessarily have an employer who offers them.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the cost of childcare, by child age, is published by the Department for Education in table 4.7 of the additional tables document of the childcare and early years survey of parents, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017</a></p><p>The median childcare cost used in the table is the more accurate for comparing childcare costs as it is less affected by statistical outliers than the mean.</p><p> </p><p>The estimate of eligible families for Tax-Free Childcare was derived using Family Resource Survey which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2</a>. It is not possible break this down by local authority.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-Free Childcare has a wider reach than childcare vouchers. Unlike vouchers which are reliant on whether an employer chooses to offer them, all eligible parents are able to access the Tax-Free Childcare, including the self-employed. Only an estimated 5% of employers offer childcare vouchers.</p><p> </p><p>Data on how many parents intend to, or have stopped using childcare vouchers in order to use Tax-Free childcare is not available.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 132518 132519 132520 132521 question first answered 19/03/2018 16:31:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

862099

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
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, whether his Department has plans to publish information on the number of parents eligible for tax-free childcare by constituency.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	132518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government announced the closure of the childcare voucher scheme to new entrants at Budget 2016. Therefore, parents of 12 to 15 year olds have either decided not to join the voucher scheme or are unable to join the scheme because they are self-employed or their employer does not offer vouchers. Parents who meet the eligibility requirements will not necessarily have an employer who offers them.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the cost of childcare, by child age, is published by the Department for Education in table 4.7 of the additional tables document of the childcare and early years survey of parents, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017</a></p><p>The median childcare cost used in the table is the more accurate for comparing childcare costs as it is less affected by statistical outliers than the mean.</p><p> </p><p>The estimate of eligible families for Tax-Free Childcare was derived using Family Resource Survey which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2</a>. It is not possible break this down by local authority.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-Free Childcare has a wider reach than childcare vouchers. Unlike vouchers which are reliant on whether an employer chooses to offer them, all eligible parents are able to access the Tax-Free Childcare, including the self-employed. Only an estimated 5% of employers offer childcare vouchers.</p><p> </p><p>Data on how many parents intend to, or have stopped using childcare vouchers in order to use Tax-Free childcare is not available.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 132484 132519 132520 132521 question first answered 19/03/2018 16:31:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

862100

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2018 to Question 127416, whether his Department has plans to collect data on the number of parents who (a) plan to stop and (b) have stopped using childcare vouchers in order to use tax-free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	132519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government announced the closure of the childcare voucher scheme to new entrants at Budget 2016. Therefore, parents of 12 to 15 year olds have either decided not to join the voucher scheme or are unable to join the scheme because they are self-employed or their employer does not offer vouchers. Parents who meet the eligibility requirements will not necessarily have an employer who offers them.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the cost of childcare, by child age, is published by the Department for Education in table 4.7 of the additional tables document of the childcare and early years survey of parents, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017</a></p><p>The median childcare cost used in the table is the more accurate for comparing childcare costs as it is less affected by statistical outliers than the mean.</p><p> </p><p>The estimate of eligible families for Tax-Free Childcare was derived using Family Resource Survey which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2</a>. It is not possible break this down by local authority.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-Free Childcare has a wider reach than childcare vouchers. Unlike vouchers which are reliant on whether an employer chooses to offer them, all eligible parents are able to access the Tax-Free Childcare, including the self-employed. Only an estimated 5% of employers offer childcare vouchers.</p><p> </p><p>Data on how many parents intend to, or have stopped using childcare vouchers in order to use Tax-Free childcare is not available.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 132484 132518 132520 132521 question first answered 19/03/2018 16:31:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

862101

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2018 to Question 124451, what the evidential basis is for the Government’s estimate that 1.5 million families with childcare costs will be eligible for tax-free childcare; and for what reasons that estimated number differs from the number of families currently in receipt of childcare vouchers.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	132520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government announced the closure of the childcare voucher scheme to new entrants at Budget 2016. Therefore, parents of 12 to 15 year olds have either decided not to join the voucher scheme or are unable to join the scheme because they are self-employed or their employer does not offer vouchers. Parents who meet the eligibility requirements will not necessarily have an employer who offers them.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the cost of childcare, by child age, is published by the Department for Education in table 4.7 of the additional tables document of the childcare and early years survey of parents, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017</a></p><p>The median childcare cost used in the table is the more accurate for comparing childcare costs as it is less affected by statistical outliers than the mean.</p><p> </p><p>The estimate of eligible families for Tax-Free Childcare was derived using Family Resource Survey which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2</a>. It is not possible break this down by local authority.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-Free Childcare has a wider reach than childcare vouchers. Unlike vouchers which are reliant on whether an employer chooses to offer them, all eligible parents are able to access the Tax-Free Childcare, including the self-employed. Only an estimated 5% of employers offer childcare vouchers.</p><p> </p><p>Data on how many parents intend to, or have stopped using childcare vouchers in order to use Tax-Free childcare is not available.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 132484 132518 132519 132521 question first answered 19/03/2018 16:31:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

862102

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
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, whether he has made an assessment of the effect on families with children between the age of 12 and 15 who (a) do not claim childcare vouchers before the closure of the scheme but would meet the scheme's eligibility requirements after its closure, and (b) cannot claim for tax-free childcare because of the age of their child.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	132521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government announced the closure of the childcare voucher scheme to new entrants at Budget 2016. Therefore, parents of 12 to 15 year olds have either decided not to join the voucher scheme or are unable to join the scheme because they are self-employed or their employer does not offer vouchers. Parents who meet the eligibility requirements will not necessarily have an employer who offers them.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the cost of childcare, by child age, is published by the Department for Education in table 4.7 of the additional tables document of the childcare and early years survey of parents, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-survey-of-parents-2017</a></p><p>The median childcare cost used in the table is the more accurate for comparing childcare costs as it is less affected by statistical outliers than the mean.</p><p> </p><p>The estimate of eligible families for Tax-Free Childcare was derived using Family Resource Survey which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/family-resources-survey--2</a>. It is not possible break this down by local authority.</p><p> </p><p>Tax-Free Childcare has a wider reach than childcare vouchers. Unlike vouchers which are reliant on whether an employer chooses to offer them, all eligible parents are able to access the Tax-Free Childcare, including the self-employed. Only an estimated 5% of employers offer childcare vouchers.</p><p> </p><p>Data on how many parents intend to, or have stopped using childcare vouchers in order to use Tax-Free childcare is not available.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 132484 132518 132519 132520 question first answered 19/03/2018 16:31:02 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

862108

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Thornbury and Yate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in the Thornbury and Yate constituency his Department estimates will benefit from the rise in tax free personal allowance during the 2018-2019 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	132527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>Since the start of the 2015 Parliament, increases to the personal allowance (up to £11,850 in 2018-19) are expected to cut income tax for 2.8 million individuals in the South West, which includes Gloucestershire and the Parliamentary Constituency of Thornbury and Yate.</p><p> </p><p>These estimates are based on the 2014-15 Survey of Personal Incomes, projected using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility’s November 2017 Economic and Fiscal Outlook.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not publish this information at constituency level or unitary authority level.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 132528 132529 question first answered 19/03/2018 14:07:28 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

862109

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: South Gloucestershire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in South Gloucestershire his Department estimates will benefit from the rise in tax free personal allowance during the 2018-2019 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	132528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>Since the start of the 2015 Parliament, increases to the personal allowance (up to £11,850 in 2018-19) are expected to cut income tax for 2.8 million individuals in the South West, which includes Gloucestershire and the Parliamentary Constituency of Thornbury and Yate.</p><p> </p><p>These estimates are based on the 2014-15 Survey of Personal Incomes, projected using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility’s November 2017 Economic and Fiscal Outlook.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not publish this information at constituency level or unitary authority level.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 132527 132529 question first answered 19/03/2018 14:07:28 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

862110

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in the South West his Department estimates will benefit from the rise in tax free personal allowance during the 2018-2019 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	132529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>Since the start of the 2015 Parliament, increases to the personal allowance (up to £11,850 in 2018-19) are expected to cut income tax for 2.8 million individuals in the South West, which includes Gloucestershire and the Parliamentary Constituency of Thornbury and Yate.</p><p> </p><p>These estimates are based on the 2014-15 Survey of Personal Incomes, projected using economic assumptions consistent with the Office for Budget Responsibility’s November 2017 Economic and Fiscal Outlook.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not publish this information at constituency level or unitary authority level.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 132527 132528 question first answered 19/03/2018 14:07:28 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

862214

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Childcare Vouchers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Secretary of State for Education's oral contribution of 13th March 2018, Official Report, column 802, what discussions he has had with employers on the potential confusion over eligibility for childcare vouchers in the middle of the tax year.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	132633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs has published guidance on childcare vouchers which is regularly updated. The guidance can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs/childcare-vouchers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare-costs/childcare-vouchers</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC are working with employers and representative bodies so that they understand and can advise their employees about the extension of the childcare vouchers scheme.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 132634 question first answered 19/03/2018 16:20:17 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin