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Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Social Security Benefits: Children remove filter
house id 2 more like this
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they have spent on (1) benefits, and (2) tax credits, related to childcare and other child-related costs, broken down by each payment, in the last year for which figures are available. more like this
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Baroness Eaton more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-11-05more like thismore than 2019-11-05
answer text <p>The profile of spending on the Childcare Element of Universal Credit in 2018/19 was £100 million<sup>1</sup>. As the volume of claimants with children on legacy benefits decreases as they move to Universal Credit, spending on childcare will increase accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>Spending on child-related benefits administered by HMRC are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Child Tax Credit (excluding childcare element)<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>£18.0 billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tax Free Childcare <sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>£117 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Child Benefit <sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>£11.5 billion</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><ol><li>The Universal Credit spending is derived from internal DWP models, and costs have been rounded to the nearest £100 million.</li><li>Total Child Tax Credits comes from HMRC 2018-19 Annual Report and Accounts. This is reduced by an estimate of the value that relates to the childcare element which is subject to a degree of uncertainty.</li><li>From HMRC Receipts statistics.</li></ol>
answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott more like this
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less than 2019-11-05T13:04:37.97Zmore like thismore than 2019-11-05T13:04:37.97Z
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label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott more like this
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label Biography information for Baroness Eaton more like this