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1423242

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
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 estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of applications for thirty hours of free childcare for 3 and 4 year olds that were found to have been wrongly denied in 2020 - 2021.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	125503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>In 2021 HMRC overturned 750 decisions that parents were not eligible for 30 hours free childcare for 3 and 4-year-old children of working parents on review or appeal, out of 815,000 customer journeys. This represents 0.1% of all eligibility decisions being overturned.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 23/02/2022 16:07:54 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1423243

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
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 his Department is taking to reduce the amount of time it takes for the appeals process to be completed when persons have had their applications for thirty hours of free childcare for 3 and 4 year olds denied.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	125504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The Childcare Service, which delivers eligibility checking for 30 hours free childcare for 3 and 4-year-old children of working parents, is designed to give quick decisions and quick access to reviews when parents disagree with decisions. Cases are routinely monitored. Only a tiny fraction of parents go on to appeal to an independent tribunal after the review process concludes, only 1% last year.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 23/02/2022 16:09:13 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1423244

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
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 his Department is taking to improve the quality of service provided on the Childcare Service phonelines.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	125505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2022 answer text <p>The front line phonelines for the Childcare Service are provided by HMRC’s delivery partners NS&amp;I. HMRC liaise closely with NS&amp;I to ensure a consistently good service is provided to agreed service standards. HMRC work collaboratively to overcome any short term issues that may arise such as Covid-19 related temporary staff shortages.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 23/02/2022 16:22:55 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1387664

registered interest
date	14/12/2021
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 estimate he has made of the total amount spent on childcare in England (a) from all sources and (b) from the public purse in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	92910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2021 answer text <p>The Government has spent over £4 billion each year for the last five years on childcare in the United Kingdom through childcare offers led by the Department for Education and Tax-Free Childcare and Employer Support Childcare. This £4 billion is on top of support for childcare paid to Universal Credit and Working Tax Credits claimants, though these elements are calculated as part of the total Universal Credit and tax credit spend respectively and separate figures are not available.</p><p> </p><p>At SR21, my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced an uplift to the hourly rates to be paid to early years providers to deliver the government’s free hours offers, and details of the £160 million for 2022 to 2023 have recently been announced by the Department for Education. Additionally, SR21 reaffirmed £150 million to be spent on the training of early years staff to support children’s learning and development, as part of the £1.4 billion Education Recovery Programme. Demonstrating the Government’s ongoing commitment to high-quality early years education, childcare and family services.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 17/12/2021 14:47:15 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1385827

registered interest
date	07/12/2021
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 recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on promoting the uptake of the Tax-Free Childcare scheme.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	88836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2021 answer text <p>Take up of Tax-Free Childcare has continued to rise despite the pandemic. Most recent take up levels (September 2021) are 316,000 families for 371,000 children, compared to 308,000 families using childcare for 364,000 children in June 2021. HMRC continue to carry out communications and marketing activity which has proven to raise awareness and understanding of the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 14/12/2021 11:09:25 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1379082

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
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 scheme, how many (a) active accounts and (b) children eligible there were for that scheme on 31 March in each of the last 5 years.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	75882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare began to be rolled out from April 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The figures for Open and Used accounts for Tax-Free Childcare are published in Official Statistics (latest release November 2021 for figures up to September 2021).</p><p> </p><p>The estimated figures for eligible children from 2017-18 onwards, as well as the annual Open and Used account figures can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Number of</strong> <strong>(000s)</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Children with Open Accounts</strong></p></td><td><p>314</p></td><td><p>537</p></td><td><p>768</p></td><td><p>901</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Children with Used Accounts</strong></p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>396</p></td><td><p>462</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Eligible Children </strong></p></td><td><p>1,800</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td><td><p>1,700</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 19/11/2021 11:46:40 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1379083

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
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, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2021 to Question 72406, how many and what proportion of user accounts for the tax-free childcare scheme that have not had their details reconfirmed in the last three months relate to children under the age of 12.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	75883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>There were 125,800 accounts that had reached the end of an eligibility period but had not reconfirmed details between 1st August and 31st October 2021. Of these, 125,300 or over 99% relate to children aged under 12 on 31<sup>st</sup> October.</p><p> </p><p>There can be many reasons why a family might not reconfirm their account in a 3-month period. For example, there may have been changes to their childcare arrangements or their working arrangements which mean they are no longer eligible for TFC or don’t need it. They may still reactivate and use their TFC account in a future period.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 19/11/2021 11:42:15 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1378445

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
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 the (a) forecast and (b) actual expenditure was for the tax-free childcare scheme in the last five financial years to date.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	75071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>Tax-Free Childcare began to be rolled out from April 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Forecasted expenditure from the Autumn Budget 2017 and actual expenditure from the latest Official Statistics publication (November 2021) is shown in the table below for years 2017-18 to 2020-21.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Autumn Budget 2017 Forecasted Expenditure</p></td><td><p>£0.04bn</p></td><td><p>£0.30bn</p></td><td><p>£0.57bn</p></td><td><p>£0.71bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Actual Expenditure</p></td><td><p>£0.03bn</p></td><td><p>£0.12bn</p></td><td><p>£0.24bn</p></td><td><p>£0.24bn</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 19/11/2021 09:12:21 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1367485

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
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 scheme, how many user accounts have been closed as a result of inactivity in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those accounts concerned families where the children being claimed for were over the age of 11.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	72406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>No Tax Free Childcare accounts have been closed due to inactivity over the past 5 years.</p><p> </p><p>Accounts are only closed when a customer requests it or where remediation has occurred, for example to remove duplicate accounts.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 16/11/2021 08:09:07 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1362424

registered interest
date	21/10/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Centre for Progressive Policy report Women in the Workforce – Boosting Mothers’ employment and earnings, published on 14 October, and in particular the finding that the UK has the second lowest public spend on childcare among OECD economies.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL3325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>I welcome the report from the Centre for Progressive Policy on Women in the Workforce – Boosting Mothers’ employment and earnings. As the report highlights, inadequate childcare provision can act as a barrier to women’s participation in the labour market. This is why childcare policy in the UK is designed to provide working parents with support to continue to work.</p><p> </p><p>To support working parents with their childcare costs, the government introduced Tax-Free Childcare (TFC), which provides eligible working parents with 20% support on childcare costs, up to £2,000 per child per year (£4,000 for disabled children). The number of working parents benefiting from this is increasing: 308,000 families used TFC for 364,000 children in June 2021, up from 282,000 families using childcare for 329,000 children in March 2021.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to TFC, the government spent around £3.6bn in 20-21 on early childcare entitlements and we continue to support families with their childcare costs. All three- and four-year-olds can access 15 hours of free childcare per week, regardless of circumstance. Eligible working parents of three- and four-year-olds can also access an additional 15 hours of free childcare per week, also known as 30 hours free childcare. Some parents may also be able to access the disadvantaged 2-year-old offer which gives 15 hours of free childcare per week to 2-year-olds who meet certain social and economic criteria.</p><p> </p><p>This approach is working – evidence shows that the government approach to childcare is helping to improve the employment rate for married/cohabiting women with dependent children, which has risen to 77.9% in, up 0.6% on the year (Q2 2021 vs Q2 2020), and 1.1% pre-covid (Q2 2021 vs Q2 2019).</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 04/11/2021 12:06:58 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie