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789968

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 111398, on Working Tax Credit: Denton and Reddish, if he will make it his policy to collect information on working tax credits at a constituency level.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	113308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Information on personal tax credits, including those entitled to working tax credits, is produced at constituency level and published in Table 3 here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622524/Child_and_Working_Tax_Credits_statistics_finalised_annual_awards_-_geographical_analysis_2015_to_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622524/Child_and_Working_Tax_Credits_statistics_finalised_annual_awards_-_geographical_analysis_2015_to_2016.pdf</a></p><p>This includes information on tax credit entitlements.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/11/2017 11:42:51 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

789970

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total projected cost to the Exchequer to 2020 of additional Government staff being hired to manage the UK's exit from the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	113332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Whilst HM Treasury has oversight of all policies with spending implications, we do not collate information on all individual costs, including recruitment costs, incurred ahead of EU Exit. Where spend is not novel, contentious or repercussive, and is not above delegated limits, departments have autonomy to incur expenditure without seeking formal HMT clearance.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/11/2017 13:45:06 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

789972

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Written Statement of 15 November 2017, HCWS 247, on childcare service updates, on what date the tax-free childcare service will be open to parents whose youngest child is under (a) seven, (b) eight, (c) nine, (d) 10, (e) 11 and (f) 12 years old.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	113350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>On 24 November we will open the childcare service to those parents whose youngest child is under 6. We will gradually open the service to the remaining parents at the beginning of 2018. Our final decisions on roll-out dates for particular age groups will depend on volumes of applications and the performance of the childcare service. This is to ensure parents receive a better experience and prompt eligibility responses. All eligible parents will be able to apply by the end of March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently planning our communications campaign, in line with the revised profile for rollout of the service. Our plans include making use of stakeholders, partner websites, government channels and press, as well as some paid for advertising. Our approach is flexible and the costs of the campaign will be dependent on the relative impact of the various types of media.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC, and their delivery partner NS&amp;I, have made a number of technical fixes to the childcare service. The impact of these has been to provide a better customer experience, reduce the number of error screens seen by parents and provide faster eligibility responses. Almost all parents now get an eligibility response within five working days and most get their decision instantly.</p><p> </p><p>The costs for these technical improvements are included in the overall forecast expenditure for the programme, given in the response to Parliamentary Question (105727) on 16 October.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Impact Assessment for Tax Free Childcare published in March 2017, we estimate that, when fully rolled out, 1.2 million families will be better off under the new scheme. This assessment can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652939/Tax-free_childcare_Impact_Assessment-March_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652939/Tax-free_childcare_Impact_Assessment-March_2017.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The number of live Tax-Free Childcare accounts was given in my response to a Parliamentary Question (106916) on 16 October.</p><p> </p><p>The number of parents with a Tax-Free Childcare account is currently lower than expected due to a combination of us opening the service to parents more slowly, and initial take-up being slower than expected. The service is currently open to parents of younger children who tend to focus more on using 30 hours free childcare over Tax-Free Childcare.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 113351 113352 113353 113354 question first answered 20/11/2017 13:51:11 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

789973

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Written Statement of 15 November 2017, HCWS 247, on childcare service updates, how much he plans to spend on activities to raise awareness of tax-free childcare among parents.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	113351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>On 24 November we will open the childcare service to those parents whose youngest child is under 6. We will gradually open the service to the remaining parents at the beginning of 2018. Our final decisions on roll-out dates for particular age groups will depend on volumes of applications and the performance of the childcare service. This is to ensure parents receive a better experience and prompt eligibility responses. All eligible parents will be able to apply by the end of March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently planning our communications campaign, in line with the revised profile for rollout of the service. Our plans include making use of stakeholders, partner websites, government channels and press, as well as some paid for advertising. Our approach is flexible and the costs of the campaign will be dependent on the relative impact of the various types of media.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC, and their delivery partner NS&amp;I, have made a number of technical fixes to the childcare service. The impact of these has been to provide a better customer experience, reduce the number of error screens seen by parents and provide faster eligibility responses. Almost all parents now get an eligibility response within five working days and most get their decision instantly.</p><p> </p><p>The costs for these technical improvements are included in the overall forecast expenditure for the programme, given in the response to Parliamentary Question (105727) on 16 October.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Impact Assessment for Tax Free Childcare published in March 2017, we estimate that, when fully rolled out, 1.2 million families will be better off under the new scheme. This assessment can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652939/Tax-free_childcare_Impact_Assessment-March_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652939/Tax-free_childcare_Impact_Assessment-March_2017.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The number of live Tax-Free Childcare accounts was given in my response to a Parliamentary Question (106916) on 16 October.</p><p> </p><p>The number of parents with a Tax-Free Childcare account is currently lower than expected due to a combination of us opening the service to parents more slowly, and initial take-up being slower than expected. The service is currently open to parents of younger children who tend to focus more on using 30 hours free childcare over Tax-Free Childcare.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 113350 113352 113353 113354 question first answered 20/11/2017 13:51:12 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

789974

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Written Statement of 15 November 2017, HCWS 247, on childcare service updates, if he will provide details of what improvements were made to the Childcare Choices website; and how much such improvements cost.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	113352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>On 24 November we will open the childcare service to those parents whose youngest child is under 6. We will gradually open the service to the remaining parents at the beginning of 2018. Our final decisions on roll-out dates for particular age groups will depend on volumes of applications and the performance of the childcare service. This is to ensure parents receive a better experience and prompt eligibility responses. All eligible parents will be able to apply by the end of March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently planning our communications campaign, in line with the revised profile for rollout of the service. Our plans include making use of stakeholders, partner websites, government channels and press, as well as some paid for advertising. Our approach is flexible and the costs of the campaign will be dependent on the relative impact of the various types of media.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC, and their delivery partner NS&amp;I, have made a number of technical fixes to the childcare service. The impact of these has been to provide a better customer experience, reduce the number of error screens seen by parents and provide faster eligibility responses. Almost all parents now get an eligibility response within five working days and most get their decision instantly.</p><p> </p><p>The costs for these technical improvements are included in the overall forecast expenditure for the programme, given in the response to Parliamentary Question (105727) on 16 October.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Impact Assessment for Tax Free Childcare published in March 2017, we estimate that, when fully rolled out, 1.2 million families will be better off under the new scheme. This assessment can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652939/Tax-free_childcare_Impact_Assessment-March_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652939/Tax-free_childcare_Impact_Assessment-March_2017.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The number of live Tax-Free Childcare accounts was given in my response to a Parliamentary Question (106916) on 16 October.</p><p> </p><p>The number of parents with a Tax-Free Childcare account is currently lower than expected due to a combination of us opening the service to parents more slowly, and initial take-up being slower than expected. The service is currently open to parents of younger children who tend to focus more on using 30 hours free childcare over Tax-Free Childcare.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 113350 113351 113353 113354 question first answered 20/11/2017 13:51:12 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

789975

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Written Statement of 15 November 2017, HCWS 247, on childcare service updates, how many tax-free childcare accounts his Department estimated would be created; and how many such accounts have been created.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	113353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>On 24 November we will open the childcare service to those parents whose youngest child is under 6. We will gradually open the service to the remaining parents at the beginning of 2018. Our final decisions on roll-out dates for particular age groups will depend on volumes of applications and the performance of the childcare service. This is to ensure parents receive a better experience and prompt eligibility responses. All eligible parents will be able to apply by the end of March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently planning our communications campaign, in line with the revised profile for rollout of the service. Our plans include making use of stakeholders, partner websites, government channels and press, as well as some paid for advertising. Our approach is flexible and the costs of the campaign will be dependent on the relative impact of the various types of media.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC, and their delivery partner NS&amp;I, have made a number of technical fixes to the childcare service. The impact of these has been to provide a better customer experience, reduce the number of error screens seen by parents and provide faster eligibility responses. Almost all parents now get an eligibility response within five working days and most get their decision instantly.</p><p> </p><p>The costs for these technical improvements are included in the overall forecast expenditure for the programme, given in the response to Parliamentary Question (105727) on 16 October.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Impact Assessment for Tax Free Childcare published in March 2017, we estimate that, when fully rolled out, 1.2 million families will be better off under the new scheme. This assessment can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652939/Tax-free_childcare_Impact_Assessment-March_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652939/Tax-free_childcare_Impact_Assessment-March_2017.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The number of live Tax-Free Childcare accounts was given in my response to a Parliamentary Question (106916) on 16 October.</p><p> </p><p>The number of parents with a Tax-Free Childcare account is currently lower than expected due to a combination of us opening the service to parents more slowly, and initial take-up being slower than expected. The service is currently open to parents of younger children who tend to focus more on using 30 hours free childcare over Tax-Free Childcare.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 113350 113351 113352 113354 question first answered 20/11/2017 13:51:12 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

789976

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Children: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Written Statement of 15 November 2017, HCWS 247, on childcare service updates, what assessment he has made of whether the potential number of applications of tax-free childcare accounts has been lower than expected.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	113354
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>On 24 November we will open the childcare service to those parents whose youngest child is under 6. We will gradually open the service to the remaining parents at the beginning of 2018. Our final decisions on roll-out dates for particular age groups will depend on volumes of applications and the performance of the childcare service. This is to ensure parents receive a better experience and prompt eligibility responses. All eligible parents will be able to apply by the end of March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently planning our communications campaign, in line with the revised profile for rollout of the service. Our plans include making use of stakeholders, partner websites, government channels and press, as well as some paid for advertising. Our approach is flexible and the costs of the campaign will be dependent on the relative impact of the various types of media.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC, and their delivery partner NS&amp;I, have made a number of technical fixes to the childcare service. The impact of these has been to provide a better customer experience, reduce the number of error screens seen by parents and provide faster eligibility responses. Almost all parents now get an eligibility response within five working days and most get their decision instantly.</p><p> </p><p>The costs for these technical improvements are included in the overall forecast expenditure for the programme, given in the response to Parliamentary Question (105727) on 16 October.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Impact Assessment for Tax Free Childcare published in March 2017, we estimate that, when fully rolled out, 1.2 million families will be better off under the new scheme. This assessment can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652939/Tax-free_childcare_Impact_Assessment-March_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/652939/Tax-free_childcare_Impact_Assessment-March_2017.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The number of live Tax-Free Childcare accounts was given in my response to a Parliamentary Question (106916) on 16 October.</p><p> </p><p>The number of parents with a Tax-Free Childcare account is currently lower than expected due to a combination of us opening the service to parents more slowly, and initial take-up being slower than expected. The service is currently open to parents of younger children who tend to focus more on using 30 hours free childcare over Tax-Free Childcare.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 113350 113351 113352 113353 question first answered 20/11/2017 13:51:12 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

789985

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Concentrix
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much compensation HM Revenue and Customs paid to tax credit claimants who incurred a financial loss due to actions taken by Concentrix during the course of its contract in relation to error and fraud in the tax credits system.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	113211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will consider offering redress if a customer has incurred a financial loss. As at 15 November 2017, HMRC had paid a total of £18,035 in payments for costs, actual financial loss or reimbursement due to actions taken by Concentrix during the course of its contract.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will consider offering redress if a customer has incurred a financial loss. As at 15 November 2017, HMRC had made 1,271 payments for costs, actual financial loss or reimbursement due to action taken by Concentrix during the course of its contract.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 113212 question first answered 20/11/2017 13:48:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

789986

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Concentrix
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claimants have received a compensation payment from HM Revenue and Customs as a result of an actual financial loss caused by the actions of Concentrix during its contract in relation to the tax credits system.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	113212
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will consider offering redress if a customer has incurred a financial loss. As at 15 November 2017, HMRC had paid a total of £18,035 in payments for costs, actual financial loss or reimbursement due to actions taken by Concentrix during the course of its contract.</p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will consider offering redress if a customer has incurred a financial loss. As at 15 November 2017, HMRC had made 1,271 payments for costs, actual financial loss or reimbursement due to action taken by Concentrix during the course of its contract.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 113211 question first answered 20/11/2017 13:48:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

788983

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the pay review bodies that determine public sector pay.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	112930
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>In line with 2016 Cabinet Office guidance, departments conduct regular tailored reviews of pay review bodies and their status as non-departmental public bodies.</p><p> </p><p>An example of a regular tailored review completed by a department of its pay review body can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/armed-forces-pay-review-body-triennial-review-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/armed-forces-pay-review-body-triennial-review-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/11/2017 15:57:25 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds