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931933

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
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, what estimate he has made of the average benefit per applicant for tax-free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
uin	158316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The average benefit per family for Tax-Free Childcare is estimated at £1,100 per year.</p><p> </p><p>The value of the income tax and National Insurance reliefs for childcare vouchers in 2017-18 is estimated to be £770m. For Employer Supported Childcare, an estimated £220 million is foregone in relief for employers National Insurance contributions - which is not spent on helping parents with the cost of childcare.</p><p> </p><p>The forecast expenditure on Tax-Free Childcare was published by the Office for Budget Responsibility in March 2018 at <a href="http://cdn.obr.uk/EFO-MaRch_2018.pdf" target="_blank">http://cdn.obr.uk/EFO-MaRch_2018.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 158317 158318 question first answered 06/07/2018 11:25:30 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

931934

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
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, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the childcare voucher scheme in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
uin	158317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The average benefit per family for Tax-Free Childcare is estimated at £1,100 per year.</p><p> </p><p>The value of the income tax and National Insurance reliefs for childcare vouchers in 2017-18 is estimated to be £770m. For Employer Supported Childcare, an estimated £220 million is foregone in relief for employers National Insurance contributions - which is not spent on helping parents with the cost of childcare.</p><p> </p><p>The forecast expenditure on Tax-Free Childcare was published by the Office for Budget Responsibility in March 2018 at <a href="http://cdn.obr.uk/EFO-MaRch_2018.pdf" target="_blank">http://cdn.obr.uk/EFO-MaRch_2018.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 158316 158318 question first answered 06/07/2018 11:25:30 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

931935

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
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, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of tax-free childcare to those families currently registered for it.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
uin	158318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The average benefit per family for Tax-Free Childcare is estimated at £1,100 per year.</p><p> </p><p>The value of the income tax and National Insurance reliefs for childcare vouchers in 2017-18 is estimated to be £770m. For Employer Supported Childcare, an estimated £220 million is foregone in relief for employers National Insurance contributions - which is not spent on helping parents with the cost of childcare.</p><p> </p><p>The forecast expenditure on Tax-Free Childcare was published by the Office for Budget Responsibility in March 2018 at <a href="http://cdn.obr.uk/EFO-MaRch_2018.pdf" target="_blank">http://cdn.obr.uk/EFO-MaRch_2018.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 158316 158317 question first answered 06/07/2018 11:25:30 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

927854

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
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, what the average payment is from tax-free childcare accounts to families where parents are higher rate tax payers since those accounts were established.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
uin	155901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>The data to answer questions 155901 and 155902 is not readily available and could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The rollout of Tax-Free Childcare began in April 2017 to a small number of parents. Only a limited number of accounts have been open more than one year so accurate and robust data on the annual value of top-up paid to parents will not be available until early 2019, one year after full rollout of TFC.</p><p> </p><p>For question 155904 I refer the honourable member to the answer I gave on 4 December 2017 to the honourable member for Batley and Spen (116593).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 155902 155903 155904 question first answered 28/06/2018 11:45:50 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

927855

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
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, what the average payment is from tax-free childcare accounts to families where parents are basic rate tax payers since those accounts were established.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
uin	155902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>The data to answer questions 155901 and 155902 is not readily available and could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The rollout of Tax-Free Childcare began in April 2017 to a small number of parents. Only a limited number of accounts have been open more than one year so accurate and robust data on the annual value of top-up paid to parents will not be available until early 2019, one year after full rollout of TFC.</p><p> </p><p>For question 155904 I refer the honourable member to the answer I gave on 4 December 2017 to the honourable member for Batley and Spen (116593).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 155901 155903 155904 question first answered 28/06/2018 11:45:50 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

927856

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
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, what proportion of tax-free childcare accounts have received the maximum top-up of £2,000 since those accounts were established.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
uin	155903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>The data to answer questions 155901 and 155902 is not readily available and could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The rollout of Tax-Free Childcare began in April 2017 to a small number of parents. Only a limited number of accounts have been open more than one year so accurate and robust data on the annual value of top-up paid to parents will not be available until early 2019, one year after full rollout of TFC.</p><p> </p><p>For question 155904 I refer the honourable member to the answer I gave on 4 December 2017 to the honourable member for Batley and Spen (116593).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 155901 155902 155904 question first answered 28/06/2018 11:45:50 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

927857

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
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, what proportion of tax-free childcare accounts are used by households of self-employed parents.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
uin	155904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>The data to answer questions 155901 and 155902 is not readily available and could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The rollout of Tax-Free Childcare began in April 2017 to a small number of parents. Only a limited number of accounts have been open more than one year so accurate and robust data on the annual value of top-up paid to parents will not be available until early 2019, one year after full rollout of TFC.</p><p> </p><p>For question 155904 I refer the honourable member to the answer I gave on 4 December 2017 to the honourable member for Batley and Spen (116593).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 155901 155902 155903 question first answered 28/06/2018 11:45:50 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

926912

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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, how many families have paid into a Tax-Free Childcare accounts as of 11 June 2018.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
uin	155360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>As of 31 May 2018 over 74,000 families have paid into their Tax-Free Childcare account and over 70,000 families have used their account to pay their childcare provider. The number of families using their accounts is rising as marketing and parent awareness are increases.</p><p>For question 155362, I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave to the Honourable Member for Batley and Spen on 25 April 2018 (137634).</p><p> </p><p>The statement on the proportion of employees with access to childcare vouchers was based on internal analysis of household survey data.</p><p> </p><p>For question 155364, I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave to the Honourable Member for Airdrie and Shotts on 25 June 2018 (155823).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 155361 155362 155363 155364 question first answered 27/06/2018 12:52:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

926913

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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, how many families have had money paid out of a Tax-Free Childcare account to a childcare provider as of 11 June 2018.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
uin	155361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>As of 31 May 2018 over 74,000 families have paid into their Tax-Free Childcare account and over 70,000 families have used their account to pay their childcare provider. The number of families using their accounts is rising as marketing and parent awareness are increases.</p><p>For question 155362, I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave to the Honourable Member for Batley and Spen on 25 April 2018 (137634).</p><p> </p><p>The statement on the proportion of employees with access to childcare vouchers was based on internal analysis of household survey data.</p><p> </p><p>For question 155364, I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave to the Honourable Member for Airdrie and Shotts on 25 June 2018 (155823).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 155360 155362 155363 155364 question first answered 27/06/2018 12:52:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

926922

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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, how much has been spent from the public purse on call centre staff for Tax Free Childcare; and whether that expenditure is in addition to the funding allocated to pay ATOS for the administration of the Childcare Choices website.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
uin	155362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>As of 31 May 2018 over 74,000 families have paid into their Tax-Free Childcare account and over 70,000 families have used their account to pay their childcare provider. The number of families using their accounts is rising as marketing and parent awareness are increases.</p><p>For question 155362, I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave to the Honourable Member for Batley and Spen on 25 April 2018 (137634).</p><p> </p><p>The statement on the proportion of employees with access to childcare vouchers was based on internal analysis of household survey data.</p><p> </p><p>For question 155364, I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave to the Honourable Member for Airdrie and Shotts on 25 June 2018 (155823).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 155360 155361 155363 155364 question first answered 27/06/2018 12:52:39 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly