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1420997

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Concluding Observations of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in 2016, whether her Department has undertaken the comprehensive assessment of the cumulative impact of the full range of social security and tax credit reforms introduced between 2010 and 2016 on children, including children with disabilities and children belonging to ethnic minority groups.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	120623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2022 answer text <p>Since 2010 the Government has regularly published cumulative analysis of the impacts of its tax, welfare and public spending policies on households. The most recent assessment was published at Budget 2021. It showed that, in 2021/22, the poorest 60% of households will receive more in public spending than they contribute in tax. And households in the lowest income decile will receive more than £4 in public spending for every £1 they pay in tax on average.</p><p> </p><p>This cumulative distributional analysis (by HM Treasury) is the most comprehensive available, covering not only the effects of direct cash transfers between households and government, but also the effects of frontline public service provision. Welfare spending is not the only way to help families with children; further support, including health spending, employment support, and investment in infrastructure are important enablers to the removal of barriers to participation.</p><p> </p><p>It would be very challenging to produce analysis, of the same high quality, across other characteristics such as disability and ethnicity. Many benefits and services are paid or provided to households rather than individuals. Modelling would have to make strong assumptions about how income (and the benefits of wider service provision) is shared within households and the analysis results would be heavily dependent on these specific assumptions.</p><p> </p><p>Nonetheless, the Treasury, along with other relevant departments, carefully considers the impact of its decisions on those sharing protected characteristics, such as disability and ethnicity, including at Budgets and other fiscal events, in line with both its legal obligations and with its strong commitment to promoting fairness.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 16/02/2022 12:28:19 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1156562

registered interest
date	28/10/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
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.
tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
uin	HL442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 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 question first answered 05/11/2019 13:04:37 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

720254

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will carry out an interim assessment of the effects of the freeze on child benefit and child tax credit.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	70847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>The government has considered the impact on all benefits and tax credits rates that are included in the four year uprating freeze. The government has published an impact assessment at: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006C.pdf</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 20/04/2017 09:42:39 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

714778

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that potential claimants are aware of the introduction of the two-child limit on Child Tax Credit and the child element of Universal Credit.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Portsmouth
uin	HL6398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2017 answer text <p>Claimants were alerted to the policy changes at the time they were announced by high level messaging on the GOV.UK website in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Tax credits claimants were informed about the upcoming policy change in a letter that was sent with their renewals notices between April and June 2016. A follow up flyer will go out in all new claims packs and renewals packs from April 2017.</p><p> </p><p>In August 2016 high level amendments were made to the GOV.UK website’s information about Child Tax Credit to advise potential claimants about these changes.</p><p> </p><p>Further details were published as part of a consultation in October 2016 and in response to the consultation in January 2017.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have also worked with representative bodies and stakeholders who will be able to advise claimants about the changes.</p><p> </p><p>All tax credits products (for example, award notices, leaflets, and supporting notes) have been updated with a high level message outlining the new policy.</p><p> </p><p>DWP will offer support to claimants through Jobcentres by trained staff as needed.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 06/04/2017 15:11:40 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4314 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Portsmouth

714323

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many families will be affected by the introduction of the two-child limit on Child Tax Credit and the child element of Universal Credit in (1) 2017–18, (2) 2018–19, and (3) 2019–20.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL6344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2017 answer text <p>From 6 April 2017 families will no longer be able to claim additional support of up to £2,780 per child per year for third and subsequent children born on or after this date through Child Tax Credit or Universal Credit. Families on benefits should have to make the same financial decisions as families supporting themselves solely through work. All households should think carefully about whether they are financially prepared to support a new child without relying on means-tested benefits.</p><p> </p><p>There will be no cash losers as a result of the Government’s policy to limit support to two children in Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit.</p><p>An impact assessment of Tax Credits and Universal Credit changes to Child Element and Family Element was published in July 2015. It can be found on the Parliament website[1].</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/ia15-006e.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/ia15-006e.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6345 question first answered 07/04/2017 12:38:18 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name impactassessment.pdf title Impact assessment
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

714324

registered interest
date	27/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what projections they have made of the effect of introducing the two-child limit on Child Tax Credits and the child element of Universal Credit on the number of children in poverty, according to the income-based measures used in the official Households Below Average Income statistics.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL6345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2017 answer text <p>From 6 April 2017 families will no longer be able to claim additional support of up to £2,780 per child per year for third and subsequent children born on or after this date through Child Tax Credit or Universal Credit. Families on benefits should have to make the same financial decisions as families supporting themselves solely through work. All households should think carefully about whether they are financially prepared to support a new child without relying on means-tested benefits.</p><p> </p><p>There will be no cash losers as a result of the Government’s policy to limit support to two children in Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit.</p><p>An impact assessment of Tax Credits and Universal Credit changes to Child Element and Family Element was published in July 2015. It can be found on the Parliament website[1].</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/ia15-006e.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/ia15-006e.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL6344 question first answered 07/04/2017 12:38:18 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name impactassessment.pdf title Impact assessment
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

678136

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to review annually the effectiveness of the current freeze on child benefit and child tax credit.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	61489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government has considered the impact on all benefits and tax credits rates that are included in the four year uprating freeze. The Government has published an impact assessment at: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006C.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006C.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 27/01/2017 10:51:01 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

675633

registered interest
date	19/01/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to publish its response to the findings of the consultation, Exceptions to the limiting of the individual child element of tax credits and the child element of universal credit to a maximum of two children, published in October 2016, before 31 January 2017.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	60791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s response to the consultation was published on 20 January 2017. It is available in the Library and online here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/universal-credit-and-child-tax-credit-exceptions-to-the-2-child-limit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/universal-credit-and-child-tax-credit-exceptions-to-the-2-child-limit</a>.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 24/01/2017 12:19:12 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

663052

registered interest
date	20/12/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2016 to Question 56948, if his Department will meet the PCS union in January 2017 to discuss social security benefits for children.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	58591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department is willing to meet with the PCS if they request it.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 10/01/2017 15:14:42 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

657298

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2016 to Question 55878, on social security benefits: children, whether his Department discussed that matter with the Public and Commercial Services trade union.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	56948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department has not met with the PCS specifically on this issue. However, I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given by the Rt. Hon David Gauke on 07/12/2016 to <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-12-01/55878/" target="_blank">UIN 55878</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 15/12/2016 16:48:33 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss