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988715

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
	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 over-payments by HMRC to claimants in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	180154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The estimated number of overpaid tax credits awards in the 2016-17 tax year, as at 5 April 2017, was 1.57 million.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the numbers of overpaid awards for each tax year are published annually in the publication <em>“Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: finalised annual awards, supplement on payments” </em> the most recent publication is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-supplement-on-payments-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-supplement-on-payments-2016-to-2017</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/10/2018 14:19:06 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1037096

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Farmers: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with farmers in Northern Ireland on the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	205870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials have regular discussions with key stakeholders on matters of importance to the economy across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Agriculture is an area of primarily devolved competence. After we leave the EU, each administration will be able to independently design policies that support agriculture and enhance the environment, working closely with farmers.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 15/01/2019 14:22:27 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

988717

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	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 parents in Northern Ireland applied for tax free childcare in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	180155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The table below provides the number of parents in Northern Ireland who have applied for Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) in each of the last three years. TFC was trialled in 2016 and launched in April 2017.</p><p>We are promoting the scheme across the UK, including a marketing campaign which launched on 10 September 2018, to increase awareness and take-up of Tax-Free Childcare.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Years</p></td><td><p>Total Number of Applications</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,039</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,044</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,093</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,301</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/10/2018 14:22:46 question first ministerially corrected 14/11/2018 13:36:18 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss previous answer version 80216 answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson