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1144252

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Devolution: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the next Statement of Funding Policy on funding the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	286188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Statement of Funding Policy is typically updated at each Spending Review, so the eighth edition is due to be published in 2020.</p><p> </p><p>At Spending Round 2019, HM Treasury published a Statement of Funding Policy addendum to reflect the creation of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the reclassification of Network Rail spending from AME to DEL since Spending Review 2015.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:30:38 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

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

1142898

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: New Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he has taken to encourage (a) working parents and (b) working mothers to start their own business.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
uin	284317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting entrepreneurs and removing barriers for would-be entrepreneurs. To support this aim, the Government has extended the Start-up Loans Programme until 2021 which will provide up to 10,000 loans to potential entrepreneurs to help them start a business.</p><p> </p><p>The parental pay and leave system gives working parents the choice and flexibility they need to balance work with the demands of starting and growing a family.</p><p> </p><p>For mothers in particular, in response to the Alison Rose Review on female entrepreneurship, the Government has announced its ambition to increase the number of female entrepreneurs by half by 2030, equivalent to nearly 600,000 additional female entrepreneurs. To support this, we have launched the Investing in Women Code which has 18 signatories from the financial services sector who are committed to improving female entrepreneurs’ access to tools, resources and finance.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:24:43 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly

1142900

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, with reference to the Tax-Free Childcare statistics, published March 2019, for what reasons 60 per cent of open accounts are not being used.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
uin	284436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Due to the way Tax-Free Childcare is linked to 30 hours free childcare, a large number of Tax-Free Childcare accounts for 3 and 4 years olds are opened but not used to pay a childcare provider. This happens because a child who has a 30 hours account opened, will automatically have a Tax-Free Childcare account opened as well, if their parents are eligible. The reason for this feature of the service is to ensure a smooth customer journey for families signing up for 30 hours free childcare, so that they have a Tax-Free Childcare account ready for use when their child is no longer eligible for 30 hours free childcare.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, when a Tax-Free Childcare account is opened for a child, of any age, accounts will be opened for their siblings if their details are also entered during the application.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:40:48 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly