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906298

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
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, which company is contracted to resolve technical issues with the tax free childcare online application system; what targets are set in that contract; and how much money that is paid to that company under that contract.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	145359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The vast majority of parents can use the childcare service (through which they apply for Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare) without any problems. HMRC has been working with their delivery partner National Savings &amp; Investments (NS&amp;I) and NS&amp;I’s supplier Atos to make improvements to the service. As a result over 99% of parents are now receiving their eligibility decision within 5 working days.</p><p>It is not the Government’s usual practice to comment on contractual matters between departments and their contactors since they may be commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 22/05/2018 13:02:04 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

906339

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of families in (a) Coventry and (b) Coventry South constituency are in receipt of 15-hours a week free childcare for three and four-year olds.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	145271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>The numbers of three- and four-year-olds accessing funded early years education, by local authority, is available on the department’s website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/education-provision-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Data is not produced at parliamentary constituency level so we are unable to provide a breakdown for Coventry South constituency.<strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 25/05/2018 12:16:19 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

905632

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
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 parents using the tax free childcare online application system have submitted compensation claims after not receiving a top-up from HMRC; what the average amount of those claims is; what the average response time for such claims has been; and how much compensation has been paid (a) to each such claimant and (b) in total.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	144949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 12 March 2018 (PQ 131774).</p><p> </p><p>HMRC currently processes the vast majority of payments in lieu of government top-up within 5 working days.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 21/05/2018 12:19:53 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

904656

registered interest
date	15/05/2018
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 money from the public purse was spent on tax-free childcare in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	144292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 19 March 2018 (PQ 133037).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 144293 144294 question first answered 23/05/2018 09:19:57 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

904657

registered interest
date	15/05/2018
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 his Department has spent on tax-free childcare in the financial year 2018-19 to date.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	144293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 19 March 2018 (PQ 133037).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 144292 144294 question first answered 23/05/2018 09:19:57 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

904658

registered interest
date	15/05/2018
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, (a) how much his Department has allocated to spend on and (b) what recent estimate his Department has made of its total spending on tax-free childcare for the financial year 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	144294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 19 March 2018 (PQ 133037).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 144292 144293 question first answered 23/05/2018 09:19:57 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

904802

registered interest
date	15/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications for 30 hours of free childcare have been processed in Barnsley in each of the last 12 months for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	144392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of eligibility codes for 30 hours free childcare that have generated and validated in Barnsley, as of data published on 10 May 2018, is shown below:</p><p> </p><p>Eligibility codes issued – 1,572</p><p>Eligibility codes validated – 1,423</p><p> </p><p>Please note, ‘codes issued’ relates to the local authority where the parent is resident. ‘Codes validated’ relates to the local authority where the code was checked. These are not always the same, as some parents may use their code in a bordering local authority.</p><p> </p><p>Monthly Management Information is published at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility-codes-issued-and-validated" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/30-hours-free-childcare-eligibility-codes-issued-and-validated</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to publish regular management information on the rollout of 30 hours free childcare at a national and local level.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/05/2018 13:31:04 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

903956

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government plans to provide business rates relief to childcare providers.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	143667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>We are investing a record amount into the early years sector, spending around £6 billion per year by 2019-20, which includes £1 billion a year to deliver 30 hours of free childcare and increase our hourly funding rates that we introduced in April 2017. The government has also increased Small Business Rate Relief and provided local authorities with funding to support £300 million of discretionary business rates relief. Local authorities are able to use this to support local nurseries.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/05/2018 15:20:42 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

903961

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many meetings he has had with small business owners in the childcare sector in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	143669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State has met with two small business owners in the childcare sector since his appointment on 8 January 2017. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State and I have visited a range of childcare providers since our appointments and continue to engage regularly with representatives from the sector.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/05/2018 15:15:03 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

904189

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has issued to Local Authorities on the procurement of IT systems to deliver 30 free hours of childcare.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	143823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>The arrangements between software suppliers and individual local authorities are often unique and systems, to support the delivery of 30 hours free childcare, are procured through an open market. Due to the commercial implications, the department remains unbiased and does not provide procurement advice.</p><p> </p><p>The department has provided, through the Digital Accelerate Fund and the Delivery Support Fund, an additional £3.5 million to help local authorities improve localised IT systems for 30 hours. Local authorities were responsible for procuring any additional system functionality they required.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/05/2018 16:01:49 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 58802 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin