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1701731

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Childcare: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of converting the childcare subsidy into an increased tax-free allowance.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	22344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of supporting parents with the costs of childcare and does so through a range of childcare offers.</p><p>The Government keeps childcare policy under regular review.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 23/04/2024 11:20:50 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1701732

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Childcare: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of Government subsidies for childcare on the cost of childcare for people who are not eligible for subsidies.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	22345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>For families with younger children, childcare costs are often a significant part of their household expenditure, which is why improving the cost, choice and availability of childcare for working parents is important to the government.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2024, working parents of 2 year olds will be able to access 15 hours of free childcare per week for 38 weeks of the year. This transformative roll out will benefit the parents of up to 246,000 children who have been issued 2 year old funding codes, of which 195,000 have been validated to date.</p><p> </p><p>From September 2024, this will be extended to working parents of children from nine months to 2 year olds. From September 2025, all working parents of children aged nine months up to 3 years will be able to access 30 hours of free childcare per week. The expansion of this entitlement will save eligible parents up to £6,900 per year per child helping even more working parents with the cost of childcare and making a real difference to the lives of those families.</p><p> </p><p>The income eligibility criteria are applied on a per parent basis. To be eligible, parents will need to earn the equivalent of 16 hours a week at National Minimum or Living Wage, which is £183 per week or £9,518 per year in 2024-2025, and less than £100,000 adjusted net income.</p><p> </p><p>For families with two parents, both must be working to meet the criteria, unless one is receiving certain benefits. In a single-parent household, the single parent must meet the threshold. The £100,000 level was chosen to correspond with income tax thresholds and to be easily understandable for parents. Only a very small proportion of parents, 3.1% in 2023, earn over the £100,000 adjusted net income maximum threshold.</p><p> </p><p>The eligibility criteria apply to the existing entitlements and were debated in, and agreed by, Parliament. The maximum income limit applies to both Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare, which allows parents to apply for both schemes through the same online application (Childcare Service).</p><p> </p><p>However, the universal 15 hours of free childcare offer remains in place for all parents of 3 and 4 year olds, regardless of parental circumstances, including those who earn over £100,000.</p><p> </p><p>Working families can also access support with the childcare costs through Tax Free Childcare worth up to £2,000 per year for children aged up to 11, or £4,000 per year for children aged up to 17 with disabilities. For every £8 paid into a Tax-Free Childcare account, the government tops it up with another £2.</p><p> </p><p>There is a comprehensive evaluation programme underpinning the expansion of childcare entitlements. This includes a process evaluation which will explore how families not eligible for the new entitlements experience finding and accessing childcare, including the associated costs. Further, the impact evaluation will assess how the expansion has impacted upon the quality of childcare provision and children’s development, for all children, and wider family outcomes. As per Government Social Research guidelines, evaluation findings will be available within 12 weeks of the projects being finalised. The department expects the first to be available from spring 2026.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed David Johnston question first answered 25/04/2024 12:43:06 answering member 4761 label Biography information for David Johnston
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1701736

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of vacant posts have been withdrawn from Air Command since the introduction of internal restrictions in July 2023.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	22236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>In response to the Government's policy announcement to implement a cap on Civil Service headcount, the Department is currently reviewing its future Civil Service workforce requirement aligned to this direction. Vacancies are being reviewed as part of workforce planning and prioritisation activity. Until this work is completed it is not possible to provide specific numbers of posts vacant/not being actively recruited.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 21886 21887 21888 21889 21896 21897 21898 21900 21902 21903 21904 22237 22238 22239 22240 22241 22243 22244 22255 question first answered 22/04/2024 15:17:35 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1701737

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many posts in Air Command are (a) vacant and (b) not being actively recruited for.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	22237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>In response to the Government's policy announcement to implement a cap on Civil Service headcount, the Department is currently reviewing its future Civil Service workforce requirement aligned to this direction. Vacancies are being reviewed as part of workforce planning and prioritisation activity. Until this work is completed it is not possible to provide specific numbers of posts vacant/not being actively recruited.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 21886 21887 21888 21889 21896 21897 21898 21900 21902 21903 21904 22236 22238 22239 22240 22241 22243 22244 22255 question first answered 22/04/2024 15:17:35 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1701738

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Strategic Command: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vacant posts in Strategic Command are being actively recruited for.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	22238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>In response to the Government's policy announcement to implement a cap on Civil Service headcount, the Department is currently reviewing its future Civil Service workforce requirement aligned to this direction. Vacancies are being reviewed as part of workforce planning and prioritisation activity. Until this work is completed it is not possible to provide specific numbers of posts vacant/not being actively recruited.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 21886 21887 21888 21889 21896 21897 21898 21900 21902 21903 21904 22236 22237 22239 22240 22241 22243 22244 22255 question first answered 22/04/2024 15:17:35 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1701740

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Infrastructure Organisation: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many posts in the Defence Infrastructure Organisation are (a) vacant and (b) not being actively recruited for.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	22240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>In response to the Government's policy announcement to implement a cap on Civil Service headcount, the Department is currently reviewing its future Civil Service workforce requirement aligned to this direction. Vacancies are being reviewed as part of workforce planning and prioritisation activity. Until this work is completed it is not possible to provide specific numbers of posts vacant/not being actively recruited.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 21886 21887 21888 21889 21896 21897 21898 21900 21902 21903 21904 22236 22237 22238 22239 22241 22243 22244 22255 question first answered 22/04/2024 15:17:35 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1701741

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Infrastructure Organisation: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vacant posts in the Defence Infrastructure Organisation are being actively recruited for.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	22241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>In response to the Government's policy announcement to implement a cap on Civil Service headcount, the Department is currently reviewing its future Civil Service workforce requirement aligned to this direction. Vacancies are being reviewed as part of workforce planning and prioritisation activity. Until this work is completed it is not possible to provide specific numbers of posts vacant/not being actively recruited.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 21886 21887 21888 21889 21896 21897 21898 21900 21902 21903 21904 22236 22237 22238 22239 22240 22243 22244 22255 question first answered 22/04/2024 15:17:35 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1701743

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Navy: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many posts in Navy Command are (a) vacant and (b) not being actively recruited for.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	22243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>In response to the Government's policy announcement to implement a cap on Civil Service headcount, the Department is currently reviewing its future Civil Service workforce requirement aligned to this direction. Vacancies are being reviewed as part of workforce planning and prioritisation activity. Until this work is completed it is not possible to provide specific numbers of posts vacant/not being actively recruited.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 21886 21887 21888 21889 21896 21897 21898 21900 21902 21903 21904 22236 22237 22238 22239 22240 22241 22244 22255 question first answered 22/04/2024 15:17:36 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1701745

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Department for Business and Trade: Trade Fairs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on how many occasions ministers in her Department attended (a) domestic and (b) overseas trade shows which were supported by UK Defence and Security Exports in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	22245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>Ministers support domestic and overseas trade shows to further the UK national interest. Further information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 25/04/2024 07:29:18 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1701746

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	UK Defence and Security Exports: Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many companies UK Defence and Security Exports has engaged with in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	22246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK Defence and Security Exports (UKDSE) strategic industry relationship management programme has 15 companies in it, while UKDSE also engages with many other companies individually and collectively through the relevant Trade Associations.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 24/04/2024 12:28:17 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle