The vast majority of parents can use the childcare service (through which they apply for Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare) without any problems. HMRC has been working with their delivery partner National Savings & Investments (NS&I) and NS&I\u2019s supplier Atos to make improvements to the service. As a result over 99% of parents are now receiving their eligibility decision within 5 working days.<\/p>
It is not the Government\u2019s usual practice to comment on contractual matters between departments and their contactors since they may be commercially sensitive.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4097", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Elizabeth Truss"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South West Norfolk"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Elizabeth Truss"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-05-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-05-22T13:02:04.953Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-05-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Children: Day Care"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which company is contracted to resolve technical issues with the tax free childcare online application system; what targets are set in that contract; and how much money that is paid to that company under that contract.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4458", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Conor McGinn"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "St Helens North"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Conor McGinn"} ], "uin" : "145359"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/905632", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/905632/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 12 March 2018 (PQ 131774).<\/p>
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HMRC currently processes the vast majority of payments in lieu of government top-up within 5 working days.<\/p>
<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4097", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Elizabeth Truss"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South West Norfolk"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Elizabeth Truss"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-05-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-05-21T12:19:53.27Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-05-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Children: Day Care"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many parents using the tax free childcare online application system have submitted compensation claims after not receiving a top-up from HMRC; what the average amount of those claims is; what the average response time for such claims has been; and how much compensation has been paid (a) to each such claimant and (b) in total.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4458", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Conor McGinn"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "St Helens North"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Conor McGinn"} ], "uin" : "144949"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/790886", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/790886/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Public sector spending per head for the St Helens North constituency, St Helens or for Merseyside are not held centrally by the UK Government. However, identifiable expenditure per head for the North West region are available from the Country and Regional Analysis (CRA) of public expenditure. Please refer to Table 1.<\/p>
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Communities and Local Government do provide expenditure data at Local Authority level on the GOV.UK website. However, this only shows local government spend and not total public sector expenditure.<\/p>
Table 1 Total identifiable expenditure on services per head: North West<\/strong><\/p> Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £ per head<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010-11<\/p><\/td> 9,074<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011-12<\/p><\/td> 8,995<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012-13<\/p><\/td> 9,102<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013-14<\/p><\/td> 9,073<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014-15<\/p><\/td> 9,275<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015-16<\/p><\/td> 9,419<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2016-17<\/p><\/td> 9,429<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Source: <\/strong>2010-11 data taken from CRA 2015. 2011-12 data taken from CRA 2016. 2012-13 to 2016-17 data taken from CRA 2017<\/p> Note:<\/strong> Data for 2010-11 and 2011-12 were taken from earlier editions of the CRA so will not be fully comparable to data from 2012-13 onwards that was taken from CRA 2017 due to possible changes to methodology between editions.<\/p>"}
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