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1143490

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many hours of childcare recipients of tax free childcare apply for by the proportion of applicants that apply for those hours.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
	uin	285421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text This information is not available since hours of childcare used is not collected as part of the Tax-free Childcare application process. answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:51:27 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

1006113

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many 30 hours free childcare codes have been issued manually as a result of faults in the childcare account system.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
	uin	190786
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text The vast majority of parents apply for and use their childcare account without problems, including getting their 30 hours eligibility code. Where parents have experienced technical issues, HMRC has arrangements in place to ensure that they do not miss out as a result. Manual codes are issued via a standard exception process that enables parents to access a 30 hours place when they are eligible if they cannot get a digital code within the required timeline. The number of manual codes issued has been decreasing since September 2017 as the system has become embedded.<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has received 4,560 complaints from parents who have experienced technical issues with the childcare service.<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has issued 35,370 codes manually to parents.<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has paid out £200,000 in redress to parents for expenses such as telephone calls to the helpline.<p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 190787 question first answered 20/11/2018 08:57:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

1006114

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have received financial compensation as a result of not having access to their online childcare account; and how much money has been paid out of the public purse for that compensation.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
	uin	190787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text The vast majority of parents apply for and use their childcare account without problems, including getting their 30 hours eligibility code. Where parents have experienced technical issues, HMRC has arrangements in place to ensure that they do not miss out as a result. Manual codes are issued via a standard exception process that enables parents to access a 30 hours place when they are eligible if they cannot get a digital code within the required timeline. The number of manual codes issued has been decreasing since September 2017 as the system has become embedded.<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has received 4,560 complaints from parents who have experienced technical issues with the childcare service.<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has issued 35,370 codes manually to parents.<p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has paid out £200,000 in redress to parents for expenses such as telephone calls to the helpline.<p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 190786 question first answered 20/11/2018 08:57:34 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

1006112

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2018
	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints have been revived from people left unable to access their childcare account as a result of technical difficulties in each year since the introduction of those accounts.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
	tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
	uin	190785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text The vast majority of parents apply for and use their childcare account without problems, including getting their 30 hours eligibility code. Where parents have experienced technical issues, HMRC has arrangements in place to ensure that they do not miss out as a result. Manual codes are issued to enable parents to access a 30 hours place when they are eligible if they cannot get a digital code within the required timeline. The number of manual codes issued has been decreasing since September 2017 as the system has become embedded and enhanced.<p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has received 4,560 complaints from parents who have experienced technical issues with the childcare service.<p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has issued 35,370 codes manually to parents.<p> </p>To 31 October 2018, HMRC has paid out £200,000 in redress to parents for expenses such as telephone calls to the helpline. answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/11/2018 18:01:08 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

1387333

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2021
	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of eligible families with children under five (a) have an open Tax Free Childcare account and (b) used their Tax Free Childcare account in 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	91955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2021 answer text The total eligible population is 1.3m families. This estimate is not broken down by family characteristics. The total number of eligible children in those families is 1.7m for 2020-21.<p> </p>The table below shows the total number of children with open and used Tax-Free Childcare accounts for 0-4 year olds in 2020-21:<p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month/Year</p></td><td><p>Total Open Accounts (0-4 year olds)</p></td><td><p>Total Used Accounts (0-4 year olds)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-20</p></td><td><p>447,725</p></td><td><p>87,055</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-20</p></td><td><p>442,905</p></td><td><p>62,575</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-20</p></td><td><p>446,180</p></td><td><p>117,490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-20</p></td><td><p>460,955</p></td><td><p>157,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-20</p></td><td><p>470,145</p></td><td><p>159,840</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-20</p></td><td><p>465,120</p></td><td><p>225,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-20</p></td><td><p>464,860</p></td><td><p>232,435</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-20</p></td><td><p>474,150</p></td><td><p>240,935</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-20</p></td><td><p>477,185</p></td><td><p>245,065</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-21</p></td><td><p>490,315</p></td><td><p>230,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-21</p></td><td><p>503,135</p></td><td><p>230,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-21</p></td><td><p>525,770</p></td><td><p>283,095</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 16/12/2021 11:55:10 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

882469

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	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 compensation criteria is for parents who miss out on tax-free childcare payments as a result of technical problems experienced with the online childcare service.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	135531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text The majority of parents use the childcare service without any problems. Where parents have missed out on receiving the government top-up for Tax-Free Childcare, HMRC will pay the equivalent of the government top-up directly into their bank account. Information on the criteria and how to claim can be found at:<p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childcare-service-compensation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childcare-service-compensation</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 19/04/2018 10:14:47 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1142893

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of eligible parents take up tax free childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
	uin	284422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text The latest Tax-Free Childcare Official Statistics show that 141,000 families used a Tax-Free Childcare account to pay a childcare provider in June 2019. This is around 11% of the estimated number of eligible families. answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:17:31 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

1233504

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2020
	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the forecast expenditure is for the tax-free childcare scheme for (a) 2020-21 and (b) the next three financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	88367
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2020 answer text The forecast expenditure is £0.3bn in 2020/21. It is £0.5bn in 2021/22, £0.6bn in 2022/23 and £0.7bn in 2023/24. This is information is also available at <a href="https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2020/" target="_blank">https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2020/</a>.<p> </p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 17/09/2020 12:07:49 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1233503

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2020
	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the (a) forecast expenditure and (b) actual expenditure for the tax-free childcare scheme in the last three financial years to date.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	88366
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2020 answer text The forecast expenditure (forecast in March 2017) was £400m in 2017/18, £800m in 2018/19 and £900m in 2019/20. The actual expenditure was £32m in 2017/18, £117m in 2018/19 and £236m in 2019/20. Forecast expenditure has been published by the OBR (<a href="https://obr.uk/efo/economic-fiscal-outlook-march-2017" target="_blank">https://obr.uk/efo/economic-fiscal-outlook-march-2017</a>). Actual expenditure has been published on the gov.uk website (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-june-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tax-free-childcare-statistics-june-2020</a>).<p> </p><p>The Government recognises that take up of Tax-Free Childcare has been below expectations, particularly for school-aged children. For this reason, at March 2020 Budget we announced a measure that will make TFC payments compatible with school payment agents, allowing up to 500,000 eligible children to access TFC for the first time.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 17/09/2020 12:09:14 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1142889

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of children using tax free childcare use a private childcare setting.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
	uin	284302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text HM Revenue & Customs do not collect information on whether childcare is provided in a private or statutory setting for the purposes of delivering Tax-Free Childcare. answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 284415 question first answered 09/09/2019 09:28:05 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly