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1142894

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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

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

1142901

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 support for childcare is available to working parents who have no recourse to public funds.
tabling member constituency	Belfast South
tabling member printed	Emma Little Pengelly
uin	284322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>All three and four year olds in England are entitled to the 15 hour universal entitlement to free early education for 38 weeks of the year regardless of the immigration status of the child or their parents.</p><p> </p><p>Parents who have the right to live and work in the UK are eligible for an additional 15 hours a week of free childcare for three and four year old children.</p><p> </p><p>Parents who are from outside the EEA and have no recourse to public funds are not entitled to the additional hours of free childcare for three and four year old children. However, if they have a British partner, an EEA national partner or a non-EEA national who is not subject to immigration control, they can receive the additional free hours of childcare if it is that other partner who makes the application for 30 hours.</p><p> </p><p>Children of families with no recourse to public funds with a right to remain in the UK on grounds of private and family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and children of Zambrano carers have recently become eligible for the free early education entitlement for the most disadvantaged two year old children in England provided they come within the income threshold.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/09/2019 09:53:01 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4611 label Biography information for Emma Little Pengelly