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1300388

registered interest
date	08/03/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for West Lancashire of 27 November 2020 on business rates, reference ZA54614.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	164401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2021 answer text <p>HM Treasury has no record of receiving the letter of 27 November from the Honourable Member. The Member's follow up correspondence of 18 February is now receiving attention. HM Treasury apologises for the delay in responding and will respond to the Member as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/03/2021 12:41:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1276276

registered interest
date	14/01/2021
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 security measures his Department has put in place to secure funds that members of the public have deposited in tax-free childcare accounts.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	137163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2021 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) is delivered from GOV.UK alongside other government digital services through the secure Government Gateway. The Childcare Service (on GOV.UK) complies and adheres to the following best practice security measures which secure funds in TFC accounts:</p><p><br>• HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard<br>• HMG Government Security Classifications<br>• HMG Personnel Security Controls<br>• HMG Security Policy Framework<br>• ISO20001: IT Service Management<br>• ISO22301: Business Continuity Management<br>• ISO27001:2013 Information technology, Security techniques,<br>Information security management systems, Requirements<br>• Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 20/01/2021 18:45:59 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1276275

registered interest
date	13/01/2021
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 recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Government’s tax-free childcare scheme.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	137162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare provides working parents with 20% support on childcare costs up to £10,000. Eligible working families with children under 12 (or under 17 if disabled) will receive up to £2,000 per child per year (or £4,000 per child per year for disabled children) towards their childcare bills.</p><p> </p><p>While there was been a decrease in the use of TFC at the start of the pandemic, usage rapidly climbed back to pre-Covid levels. 227,000 families used Tax-Free Childcare for 263,000 children in September 2020 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-september-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-september-2020</a>), this compares with 172,000 families using childcare for 205,000 children in September 2019 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-september-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-september-2019</a>). The government spent £26.5m on top-up for families in September 2020, compared to £19.0m in September 2019.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Tax-Free Childcare is fairer than its predecessor, Employer Supported Childcare (including Childcare Vouchers). Tax-Free Childcare broadens access to childcare support for more working families, including parents whose employer doesn’t offer vouchers and the self-employed who can’t use vouchers. TFC also provides support per child rather than per parent, meaning lone parent households get the same support as those with more than one parent.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 18/01/2021 12:10:23 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1276277

registered interest
date	13/01/2021
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 assessment his Department has made of the options available to a customer whose funds have gone missing after deposit into their tax-free childcare account.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	137164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2021 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) is delivered from GOV.UK alongside other government digital services through the secure Government Gateway. Parents apply for TFC through the online Childcare Service, which HM Revenue &amp; Customs deliver in partnership with National Savings &amp; Investment.</p><p><br>If parents suspect their account is being misused they should contact the Childcare Service helpline to report their concerns. The Childcare Service will<br>investigate the matter immediately.</p><p /> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 20/01/2021 14:52:36 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1276279

registered interest
date	13/01/2021
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 many reports he has received of deposited funds not appearing in tax-free childcare accounts; whether those incidents have been resolved; and what steps he is taking to prevent such incidents.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	137165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2021 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) is delivered from GOV.UK alongside other government digital services through the secure Government Gateway. Parents apply for TFC through the online Childcare Service, which HM Revenue &amp; Customs deliver in partnership with National Savings &amp; Investment (NS&amp;I).</p><p>There have been two incidents of deposited funds not appearing in TFC accounts since the scheme started in April 2017. In August 2019 3,074 TFC customers were affected by a system error, of which all funds were remediated to the correct account. Since this incident, NS&amp;I introduced a number of additional controls; including automated system scripts which alert them to any missed or unprocessed files. When alerted NS&amp;I evoke their industry standard Incident (ITIL) process and conform to a Service Level Agreement set with HMRC, which has a range of response and resolution times depending on the scale of the incident (such as the number of customers impacted).</p><p>More recently in December 2020 198 customers were affected by a different processing issue, which is currently being remediated.</p><p>If parents suspect their account is being misused they should contact the Childcare Service helpline to report their concerns. The Childcare Service will investigate the matter immediately.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 20/01/2021 14:58:19 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1256687

registered interest
date	30/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that HM Revenue and Customs replies to the letter from the hon. Member for West Lancashire, dated 14 September 2020, on a constituent's tax issue, ref za53685.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	122642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>HMRC apologise for the delay in dealing with this case. They telephoned the constituency office of the Honourable Member on 2 December in order to resolve her constituent’s issue and have confirmed the position by email with her.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/12/2020 12:16:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1255439

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Care Sector Covid-19 Support Task Force: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will publish the (a) terms of reference and (b) minutes of meetings of the Number 10 Health and Social Care Taskforce.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	120838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>The No10 and HM Treasury Health and Social Care Taskforce was made up of civil servants from a number of Government departments, who met on a daily basis as part of their policy development work, from the beginning of June through to the end of October this year.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay grouped question UIN 120839 120884 question first answered 02/12/2020 15:17:35 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1255440

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Care Sector Covid-19 Support Task Force: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the (a) terms of reference and (b) minutes of the meetings of his Health and Social Care Taskforce.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	120839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2020 answer text <p>The No10 and HM Treasury Health and Social Care Taskforce was made up of civil servants from a number of Government departments, who met on a daily basis as part of their policy development work, from the beginning of June through to the end of October this year.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay grouped question UIN 120838 120884 question first answered 02/12/2020 15:17:35 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1249468

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of State for Transport and (b) Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the decarbonisation of the maritime industry.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	113028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer meets Cabinet colleagues to discuss a range of issues as part of the policy making process.</p><p> </p><p>The government continues to take its environmental responsibilities very seriously, and is committed to meeting its climate change targets. With this in mind, the government is considering how it can most effectively progress transport decarbonisation through the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 91872 91873 question first answered 12/11/2020 16:01:01 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1227303

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for West Lancashire of 20 April 2020 on furlough for agency or bank staff at NHS Professionals.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	78578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2020 answer text <p>The Treasury responded to the Member’s letter on 24 July 2020.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 02/09/2020 13:20:32 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper