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1142888

	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 statutory childcare setting.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
	uin	284415
	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 284302 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

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

1142890

	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, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the level at which the earnings threshold cap has been set for the eligibility for tax-free childcare.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
	uin	284304
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given by my predecessor on 30 April 2019 under UIN’s 245642, 245643, 245644 and 246449.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:41:22 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

1142891

	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 parents are eligible for tax free childcare in England.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
	uin	284418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The number of families eligible for Tax-free childcare who have qualifying childcare costs in 2019/20 in England, Scotland and Wales can be found in the table below.</p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Eligible Families with Qualifying Childcare (000’s)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,120</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>110</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>70</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 284307 285425 question first answered 09/09/2019 09:21:20 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

1142892

	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 parents are eligible for tax free childcare in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
	uin	284307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The number of families eligible for Tax-free childcare who have qualifying childcare costs in 2019/20 in England, Scotland and Wales can be found in the table below.</p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Eligible Families with Qualifying Childcare (000’s)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,120</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>110</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>70</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 284418 285425 question first answered 09/09/2019 09:21:20 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

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

1142894

	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 forecast he has made of the number of parents that will be eligible for tax free childcare in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
	uin	284310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>We estimate that there are 1.3 million families with qualifying childcare that are eligible for Tax-free Childcare in the UK in 2019/20. This estimate has been revised from the 1.5 provided previously following updates to the survey data and methodological improvements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Current forecasts for the next five years can be seen in the table below.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023/24</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of Eligible Families with Qualifying Childcare (Millions)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1.2</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:53:43 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

1142895

	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	Parents: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to encourage more working parents (a) in general and (b) who are women to get back into work.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
	uin	284423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The government supports women and parents to return to work, including through: spending almost £6 billion on childcare support in 2019/20 – more than ever before, providing the right to request flexible working and a system of shared parental leave, investing in opportunities and support for people returning to work after time out for caring and having an ambition to increase female entrepreneurship by half by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The female employment rate is at a record high of 72.1% and 1.9m more women are in work since 2010. The employment rate for parents is 83.2%, also a record high.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:28:27 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

1142896

	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 steps he is taking to increase the affordability of childcare for low income families.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
	uin	284425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting families across the income distribution with the cost of childcare and we will be spending almost £6 billion in 2019/20 on childcare support – more than ever before.</p><p> </p><p>Families on low incomes are able to access a range of childcare support including:</p><ul><li>15 hours of free childcare per week for disadvantaged two-year olds in England.</li><li>15 hours of free childcare per week for all 3 and 4 year olds in England, as well as an additional 15 hours of free childcare a week for working parents of 3 and 4 year olds in England.</li><li>Up to 85% of childcare costs under Universal Credit, an increase from the 70% of costs which were previously covered under Tax Credits.</li></ul> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:48:53 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

1142897

	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	Familes: Personal Income
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to support dual income families where both parents work full time hours.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
	uin	284427
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting families with the cost of childcare and we will be spending almost £6 billion in 2019/20 on childcare support – more than ever before.</p><p> </p><p>Families where both parents work more than 16 hours per week at the National Living Wage and earn less than under £100,000 per year are eligible for a range of support including:</p><ul><li>20% of childcare costs for children under the age of 12, up to a cap of £2000 per child per year, from Tax-Free Childcare.</li><li>30 hours of free childcare per week for 3 and 4 year olds in England.</li></ul> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:44:27 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly