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1700602

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimates his Department has made of the number of claimants who are receiving tax credits with savings above £16,000 that will no longer be entitled to Universal Credit.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	21487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>No estimate has been made of the number of those receiving tax credits with savings above £16,000 that will no longer be entitled to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Tax credits recipients are not required to report savings in order to claim tax credits.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 22/04/2024 14:39:38 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1694631

registered interest
date	07/03/2024
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	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an estimate of the number and proportion of tax credit claimants that have closed a claim rather than migrate to Universal Credit in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester West
tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
uin	17589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p><strong>The requested information and can be found in Table 2 here: </strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/move-to-universal-credit-statistics-july-2022-to-december-2023/completing-the-move-to-universal-credit-statistics-related-to-the-move-of-households-claiming-tax-credits-and-dwp-benefits-to-universal-credit-data#migration-notices-sent-to-individuals-and-number-claiming-universal-credit" target="_blank">Completing the move to Universal Credit: Statistics related to the move of households claiming TaxCredits and DWP Benefits to Universal Credit: data to end of December 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a><strong> and in Annex A: </strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/completing-the-move-to-universal-credit-learning-from-the-discovery-phase/completing-the-move-to-universal-credit-learning-from-the-discovery-phase" target="_blank">Completing the move to Universal Credit: Learning from the Discovery Phase - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 12/03/2024 14:49:24 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

1689261

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to help identify tax credit claimants (a) with limited capacity, (b) who have been subject to domestic abuse and (c) with other vulnerabilities.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	14184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department has robust processes in place for Tax Credit customers that are regarded and identified as having (a) limited capacity and (b) are subject to domestic abuse.</p><p> </p><p>A person is treated as being at a disadvantage in getting a job if they have a range of disabilities for example when standing, using their hands, lack of dexterity, hearing or mental impairments or have sight impairment.</p><p> </p><p>This list is not exhaustive.</p><p> </p><p>For our customers who are visually impaired we can provide correspondence to be sent to them in one of the following formats</p><ul><li>Braille</li><li>large print</li><li>audiotape</li><li>floppy disk</li><li>CD-ROM.</li></ul><p> </p><p>We have a dedicated team available to deal with customers that are subject to domestic violence. All correspondence is checked prior to issue so that no sensitive information is divulged to an ex-partner (or existing partner).</p><p> </p><p>Customers with limited capacity and that are subject to domestic violence have access to our Extra Support Teams, this service offers them additional bespoke assistance when needed.</p><p> </p><p>More information and help can be found in the links below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/get-help-hmrc-extra-support" target="_blank">Get help from HMRC if you need extra support: Help you can get - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 22/02/2024 16:31:39 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1683498

registered interest
date	18/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2024 to Question 7905 on Welfare Tax Credits, for what reason the awards of tax credit are deemed provisional; and for what reason the information is published annually.
tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
uin	10450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>The provisional awards statistics for those receiving Child and Working Tax Credits relate to the caseload position at a snapshot point in time, based on the latest family circumstances HMRC have been informed of by each family prior to that point in time.</p><p> </p><p>It is only at finalisation (usually four to nine months after the end of the tax year) that the family’s circumstances for the whole year are known and a finalised award can be calculated.</p><p> </p><p>This means the statistics for provisional awards provide up to date numbers at the reference point in time but are subject to change following finalisation as described above.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes accredited official statistics based on provisional awards data twice a year coinciding with the availability of that data for analytical purposes. The statistics are usually released in February (based on data from December of the previous year) and June (based on April data).</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 23/01/2024 11:53:18 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey

1679422

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit recipients there were in December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
uin	7905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2024 answer text <p>Statistics for families in receipt of tax credits as of April 23 are available at the link below:</p><p> </p><p><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-provisional-awards-april-2023" target="_blank">Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: Provisional Awards April 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></em></p><p> </p><p>Figures for December 2023 are due to be released in February and will form part of the Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: Provisional Awards, December 2023 accredited official statistics publication.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 10/01/2024 13:25:10 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey

1351333

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who were not receiving tax credits on 2 March 2021 but who have subsequently had their claims backdated to include that date, for what reasons those payments were backdated; and how many of those backdated claimants qualified for the £500 tax credit payments.
tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
uin	41055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>While the COVID-19 support scheme for working households receiving tax credits uses tax credits as a proxy for eligibility it is separate and legally distinct from tax credits. Eligibility for the one-off payment is determined solely by a claimant’s tax credits award as it appeared on 2 March 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The specific information requested is not currently available due to the nature of tax credits. Tax credits awards are provisional until the annual finalisation and renewals process takes place. The 2020-21 renewals process needs to be completed and the data from that exercise analysed before an estimate could be made. This is expected some time in the first half of 2022.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/09/2021 15:19:56 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones

1202078

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a tax credit system after the COVID-19 pandemic similar to the post-war credits that were introduced after the Second World War.
tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
uin	HL5465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government keeps all aspects of the tax system under review; as we exit the current crisis, we will take stock of the economy and public finances and make the right decisions at that point.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 23/06/2020 14:04:33 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

1196613

registered interest
date	18/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credit renewal letters were (a) sent out and (b) responded to in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	48600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2020 answer text <p>For tax credit renewals in 2019, 4,657,760 renewal notices were issued. Of those, 2,675,511 were Auto Renewals and 1,982,249 were Reply Required (RRQ).</p><p> </p><p>By 31 July 2019, 1,575,693 RRQs had been received, indicating that 79.5% of RRQ customers had responded by 31 July.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/05/2020 15:32:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1191768

registered interest
date	29/04/2020
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	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many tax credit claims have been closed after an application for universal credit for which the claimant was ineligible in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	41472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 11/05/2020 16:53:22 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

1191769

registered interest
date	29/04/2020
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	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her Department’s policy to allow claimants to re-open a tax credit claim following an application for universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	41473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department has prioritised ensuring people have the information they need to understand the benefits and employment support they may be eligible for, including launching a new microsite within the Understanding Universal Credit website to help people navigate the range of support available and apply for it.</p><p> </p><p>Although neither HMRC nor DWP can advise tax credit claimants whether they should claim Universal Credit (UC), we have actively encouraged them to use benefit calculators to check their eligibility before applying and have explained that applying for UC will stop their tax credit claim. This includes adding information to HMRC’s Interactive Voice Response for people calling on the phone, as well as updating GOV.UK pages. We have used the DWP Twitter and Facebook channels to share messages for tax credit claimants, and used paid media to ensure we reach millions of people.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/06/2020 15:39:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 19212 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray